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Senior Golang Engineer

Signify Technology · United States · 3 wk ago
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Job Overview

The company is a long-standing client in the US logistics technology space, running a high-volume operational platform built on cloud-native, event-driven foundations. They are currently modernizing their backend stack.

Role Location

100% Remote (United States)

Required Skills

  • At least 5 years of production Go in a backend or distributed-systems role
  • gRPC, including schema design and breaking-change management
  • Kafka in production
  • AWS, with hands-on experience using the AWS SDK for Go
  • Comfortable owning service design end to end and influencing engineers outside your team
  • Nice to have: Exposure to AI/ML integration in backend services, Background in logistics, freight, supply chain, or other high-throughput operational platforms

Role Description

You will sit on a senior backend team owning core Go services that move large volumes of operational data through gRPC APIs and Kafka pipelines on AWS. The work spans system-level design decisions, performance tuning under sustained load, and lifting standards across the wider engineering org through reviews, mentorship, and architectural input. This is a hands-on senior seat - you will be writing code, but you will also be a technical reference point for engineers outside your immediate team.

Responsibilities

  • Design and ship production Go services that run reliably at scale
  • Own the backend API surface - gRPC contracts, message schemas, versioning
  • Build and tune Kafka-based event pipelines (producers, consumers, ordering, replay)
  • Build on AWS with a serverless-first lean where it makes sense, using the AWS SDK for Go
  • Review code, mentor mid-level engineers, and shape engineering standards
  • Drive incident retrospectives and feed the lessons back into platform practice

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of production Go in a backend or distributed-systems role
  • gRPC, including schema design and breaking-change management
  • Kafka in production
  • AWS, with hands-on experience using the AWS SDK for Go
  • Comfortable owning service design end to end and influencing engineers outside your team
  • Nice to have: Exposure to AI/ML integration in backend services, Background in logistics, freight, supply chain, or other high-throughput operational platforms

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$70 - $80 per hour (W2)

Schedule

12+ months, long-term engagement

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