Senior Go Backend Engineer - Scalable Microservices (Dubai)

Gateworth Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateworth Group in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) to build reliable backend services and optimise database performance within a fast-growing platform. You will own backend development, contribute to API design, and work across distributed systems with a product-focused engineering team.

The role emphasizes clean Go code, security, and collaboration with frontend and product teams to deliver scalable features and robust performance in a cloud-native

Qualifications

• 4+ years of commercial Go development experience.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
• Exposure to AWS, CI/CD tooling or cloud-native environments.

Responsibilities

• Build backend services using Golang.
• Implement security best practices across services and data flows.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs for internal and external components.
• Handle testing, debugging, documentation, and production readiness.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver seamless product functionality.
• Design and optimise database structures (SQL/NoSQL).

Skills

Golang

Python

JavaScript

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

Gateworth Group in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) to build reliable backend services and optimise database performance within a fast-growing platform. You will own backend development, contribute to API design, and work across distributed systems with a product-focused engineering team.

The role emphasizes clean Go code, security, and collaboration with frontend and product teams to deliver scalable features and robust performance in a cloud-native