Senior Backend Engineer, Golang

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, and sustain scalable backend services utilizing Golang.

• Create RESTful APIs and stable data contracts that can evolve safely over time.

• Implement and oversee asynchronous, event-driven communication with message reliability, idempotency, error handling, and backward compatibility.

• Architect and build distributed systems and microservices with a focus on scalability, resilience, and maintainability.

• Enhance application performance, reliability, and resource efficiency in production settings.

• Engage in architecture discussions and contribute to technical decision-making processes.

• Conduct code reviews and promote knowledge sharing within the engineering team.

• Write and maintain unit and integration tests for APIs, business logic, and integrations.

• Design and uphold secure APIs and service integrations following authentication, authorization, and identity-management best practices.

• Develop integrations with Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, ServiceNow, Genesys Cloud, and other third-party systems.

• Create and maintain dependable integrations between internal services and external enterprise platforms.

• Occasionally assist with React-based frontend functionalities.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 6 years of experience as a Software Engineer.

• Extensive experience in building backend applications and services using Golang.

• Deep understanding of concurrency in Golang and asynchronous workflows.

• Practical experience with event-driven architectures and message handling, such as Kafka, NATS, RabbitMQ, or similar technologies.

• Familiarity with AWS and cloud-native architectures.

• Proven track record in designing APIs and event schemas with a focus on long-term evolution and backward compatibility.

• Strong grasp of authentication, authorization, and secure API design principles.

• Experience with microservice architectures and distributed systems.

• Knowledge of relational and/or NoSQL databases.

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

• Strong dedication to automated testing, including unit and integration tests.

• Nice to have: experience with React and modern frontend development.

• Nice to have: experience with TypeScript and Protobuf.

• Nice to have: experience with Azure or GCP.

• Nice to have: experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and Prometheus.

• Nice to have: experience with identity and access management solutions such as Keycloak, Auth0, Okta, or similar.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefits package.

• Health insurance.

• Language courses.

• Relocation program.

• Flexibility for remote work through the ForeverRemote work culture.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Certification programs.

• Mentorship and talent investment initiatives.

• Internal mobility opportunities.

• Internship opportunities.

• Collaboration on impactful projects for leading global clients.

• An inclusive and supportive work environment with open communication.

• Regular team-building social events organized by the company.