Backend API Engineer - Golang, GraphQL, AI-Driven Cloud

Blackroc; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

BLACKROC Recruitment is partnering with a large federal government agency to recruit a Backend API Developer. You’ll design, build and support backend services and consumer APIs powering a large-scale suite of web apps, portals and mobile apps.

You’ll work in a multidisciplinary delivery team, use AI-assisted development tools, and own the quality, security and maintainability of every release. This is a 12-month contract with an extension option, located in Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney.

Qualifications

• Experience building secure, scalable backend services and APIs in Golang.
• Strong API design knowledge, GraphQL, auth, and service-to-service patterns.
• Cloud-native apps on Kubernetes and AWS, including EKS, with CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain secure, scalable backend services and APIs using Golang and GraphQL.
• Develop and support cloud-native apps deployed to Kubernetes and AWS EKS.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, Salesforce integrators, and architects to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Design and implement authentication, authorization and secure integration patterns.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery, testing, and documentation.
• Contribute to platform reliability, observability, security and operational excellence.

Skills

Golang

GraphQL

Kubernetes

AWS EKS

CI/CD

Security & auth

AI-assisted tools

Observability

Communication

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

GraphQL tooling

Job description

BLACKROC Recruitment is partnering with a large federal government agency to recruit a Backend API Developer. You’ll design, build and support backend services and consumer APIs powering a large-scale suite of web apps, portals and mobile apps.

You’ll work in a multidisciplinary delivery team, use AI-assisted development tools, and own the quality, security and maintainability of every release. This is a 12-month contract with an extension option, located in Brisbane, Melbourne or Sydney.