Senior Go Backend Engineer: Scalable Microservices & Design

Robustrade FZCO; Dubai; Hybrid; AED 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Robustrade FZCO in Dubai seeks an experienced Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable Golang services. You will build and operate distributed microservices with REST/GraphQL APIs, focusing on performance, reliability, and security.

You will own design from concept to production, collaborate with frontend and infrastructure teams, and contribute to CI/CD, observability, and best practices. The role requires deep knowledge of databases, messaging, and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of backend software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Golang.
• Minimum 1+ year of practical Golang experience is mandatory.
• Strong experience with system design and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of relational databases and NoSQL databases.
• Experience building REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with microservices and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with queues, messaging systems, or asynchronous processing.
• Good understanding of scalability, performance, reliability, and fault tolerance.
• Familiarity with at least one cloud platform: AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Candidates with less than 1 year of Go experience will not be considered.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Golang.
• Build and maintain reliable microservices and REST/GraphQL APIs.
• Design and implement event-driven systems and asynchronous processing using queues/messaging systems.
• Build backend systems capable of handling high-volume and transaction-heavy workloads.
• Work on performance, scalability, reliability, security, and availability of backend services.
• Diagnose and resolve production issues and performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with frontend/mobile engineers and infrastructure teams to deliver end-to-end product functionality.
• Contribute to CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and engineering best practices.

Skills

Golang

Distributed systems

System design

Cloud platforms

Microservices

REST/GraphQL APIs

Queues/messaging

Communication skills

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Robustrade FZCO in Dubai seeks an experienced Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable Golang services. You will build and operate distributed microservices with REST/GraphQL APIs, focusing on performance, reliability, and security.

You will own design from concept to production, collaborate with frontend and infrastructure teams, and contribute to CI/CD, observability, and best practices. The role requires deep knowledge of databases, messaging, and cloud platforms.