Golang Developer

irtusa is looking for an experienced Golang Developer with 5–8 years of overall software development experience, including strong expertise in Go (Golang). The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance, scalable backend applications and microservices. This role requires hands-on experience with distributed systems, REST APIs, cloud technologies, and modern software engineering practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and microservices using Golang.
• Build scalable, high-performance applications for enterprise environments.
• Develop and consume RESTful APIs and integrate with third-party systems.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices.
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, QA teams, and DevOps engineers.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical design discussions.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolutions.
• Implement security, monitoring, and logging best practices.
• Support CI/CD processes and automated deployments.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and technical improvements across platforms.
• Work within Agile teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.

Required Skills

Technical Skills

• 5–8 years of overall software development experience with at least 3+ years of hands-on Golang development.
• Strong understanding of Go routines, channels, concurrency, and memory management.
• Experience building REST APIs and microservices.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
• Experience with SQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle.
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Redis, or Cassandra.
• Knowledge of Docker and containerized applications.
• Experience with Git version control.
• Strong understanding of Linux/Unix environments.
• Experience developing scalable and distributed applications.

Cloud & DevOps

• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with event-driven architectures.
• Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or other messaging platforms.
• Exposure to distributed systems and high-volume transactional environments.
• Knowledge of gRPC and Protocol Buffers.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
• Understanding of cloud-native application development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant Golang certifications are a plus.