Senior Golang Backend Developer

Senior Golang Backend Developer

Location: Remote

Workload: Full-time

Project: Long-term

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Golang Backend Developer to build and scale microservices-based systems and help the engineering team migrate existing backend services from Node.js/NestJS to Go.

The role involves designing high-load services, working with distributed systems, improving backend architecture, and implementing modern patterns for asynchronous processing and real-time communication.

You’ll work with an existing production codebase, contribute to the migration strategy, and help the team gradually transition services from Node.js to a scalable Go-based architecture.

Requirements

4+ years of backend development experience

3+ years of hands-on experience with Go / Golang

Strong understanding of Go fundamentals, concurrency, goroutines, channels, interfaces, contexts, and error handling

Strong experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis

Solid understanding of microservices architecture

Experience building high-load and distributed systems

Experience with asynchronous processing, queues, and event-driven architectures

Experience building REST APIs, WebSockets (WS/WSS), and RPC/gRPC services

Ability to design scalable, maintainable, and reliable backend services

Ability to read, understand, refactor, and migrate existing codebases

Strong understanding of performance optimization and observability

High attention to detail

Nice to have

Experience with Node.js / NestJS, especially in projects migrating from Node.js to Go

Previous experience migrating production services between technology stacks

Deep knowledge of Go concurrency patterns and performance optimization

Experience with gRPC / Protocol Buffers

Deep knowledge of Redis, including MULTI/EXEC, data structures, Lua scripts, and Pub/Sub

Experience with message brokers and event-driven systems

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud environments

Basic understanding of prompt engineering, AI agents, and AI skills

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain backend services using Golang

Design and implement high-load, scalable microservices

Help the engineering team migrate existing Node.js/NestJS services to Go

Analyze the existing Node.js architecture and define appropriate Go implementations

Refactor and gradually replace existing Node.js services while maintaining system stability

Design APIs and service-to-service communication using REST, WebSockets, RPC/gRPC, and event-driven patterns

Work with asynchronous architectures, queues, and distributed systems

Optimize backend performance, reliability, and scalability

Improve architecture and engineering practices during the migration

Review code and contribute to technical decisions

Collaborate with developers and other cross-functional team members