Go Developer

Salt Digital Recruitment; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt Digital Recruitment is seeking a skilled Go Developer in Dubai to design and develop high-performance backend services for financial applications. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in Go and a background in fintech.

Responsibilities include building secure payment processing systems, optimizing architecture for transaction management, and ensuring high availability of services. Join us to make a significant impact in the fintech sector.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience with 4+ years in Go.
• Proficient in Go programming language and its ecosystem.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Go.
• Implement secure payment processing systems and data management.
• Optimize application performance and scalability.

Skills

Go programming language

Microservices architecture

RESTful API design

SQL databases

Message queues

Containerization

Version control (Git)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

RabbitMQ

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

About the Role: We’re seeking a skilled Go Developer with strong backend development expertise and preferably experience in the Fintech sector. You'll be responsible for building high-performance, scalable, and secure backend services that power our financial applications, handling critical operations like payment processing, transaction management, and real-time financial data processing.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust backend services and APIs using Go (Golang)
• Build and optimize architecture for financial transaction processing and data management
• Implement secure payment processing systems, engines, and financial data pipelines
• Design and develop RESTful and gRPC APIs for mobile applications
• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery for mission-critical financial services
• Implement security best practices including encryption, authentication, authorization, and secure communication protocols
• Optimize application performance and scalability
• Write comprehensive unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end tests
• Participate in system architecture design and technical decision-making
• Monitor production systems, troubleshoot issues, and implement solutions for complex problems
• Document technical designs, APIs, and system architecture

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience with at least 4+ years in Go
• Strong proficiency in Go programming language and its ecosystem
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and design patterns
• Experience with RESTful API design and development
• Proficiency with SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and query optimization
• Experience with message queues and event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS)
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding of software testing methodologies and practices
• Experience in fintech (banking, payments, infrastructure) would be an advantage