Full Stack Software Engineer (Golang Focus)

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain full-stack software capabilities supporting GEMSTONE platform services.
• Ability to submit a sample Go application you created to solve a unique problem.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services primarily using Go (Golang).
• Build and maintain RESTful, gRPC, GraphQL, and event-driven APIs.
• Contribute to the design and evolution of GEMSTONE's API management platform and service architecture.
• Support development of microservices deployed within Kubernetes environments.
• Integrate applications with identity, authorization, and access control services.
• Contribute to API catalogs, service registries, artifact repositories, and workflow automation capabilities.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, design reviews, code reviews, and sprint demonstrations.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and software release activities.
• Troubleshoot application, integration, and performance issues across the platform stack.
• Collaborate with platform engineers, cybersecurity engineers, product owners, and government stakeholders.
• Develop technical documentation and architecture artifacts.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn complex software ecosystems and rapidly become proficient in new platforms and technologies.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 1–5 years of professional software development experience.
• Experience with Go (Golang) in a professional or established open-source setting.
• Strong understanding of Goroutines and idiomatic design patters in Go.
• Experience developing RESTful APIs, backend services, or microservice-based applications.
• Experience with one or more modern programming languages such as Go, Python, Java, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Experience developing web applications, APIs, or service integrations.
• Understanding of API design principles, versioning strategies, and service-oriented architectures.
• Experience with JSON, HTTP, REST, OpenAPI, and related API technologies.
• Familiarity with containerized application development using Docker or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes concepts and modern cloud-native application architectures.
• Familiarity with Linux operating systems and command-line tooling.
• Understanding of software engineering best practices, including source control and code reviews.
• Familiarity with Linux-based development environments.
• Developing high-throughput production software in Go (Golang) is desired.
• Experience with Go performance tuning, GOMAXPROCS, and overall optimization.
• Experience with: gRPC, Protocol Buffers, GraphQL, WebSockets.
• Experience building cloud-native microservices.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized application architectures.
• Experience working with PostgreSQL, Redis, or other database technologies.
• Understanding of event-driven architectures and messaging systems.
• Experience with CI/CD platforms and GitOps workflows.
• Exposure to distributed simulation, modeling & simulation, digital engineering, AI/ML, or analytics platforms.
• Understanding of identity and access management technologies such as: Keycloak, OAuth2, OpenID Connect.
• Understanding of cybersecurity best practices and secure software development.