Go Backend Engineer — High-Performance APIs & Cloud

Australian Broadcasting Corporation; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seeking 2 mid-level Backend Software Engineers to join ABC Digital Product. You will design and develop high-performance APIs and services using Go, while maintaining PHP-based systems and contributing to cloud infrastructure.

This role emphasizes scalable backend components, modern tooling, and collaboration with product teams. You will work in ABC Digital Product, contributing to services across ABC platforms, with opportunities to influence architecture

Qualifications

• Strong Go / Golang experience and server-side skills.
• Experience building complex, secure, high-performance backends.
• API design and backend service development experience.
• Experience with cloud-based infrastructure and scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain high-performance APIs and services.
• Design reusable back-end components and functionality.
• Build enterprise-grade server-side applications with Go.
• Design and operate services on cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain and enhance PHP-based systems.
• Follow testing, tooling, and version control best practices.

Skills

Go / Golang

API design

PHP maintenance

Cloud infrastructure

Testing

Version control

Backend architecture

Team collaboration

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

Tools

Git

Docker

CI/CD

Job description

Australian Broadcasting Corporation is seeking 2 mid-level Backend Software Engineers to join ABC Digital Product. You will design and develop high-performance APIs and services using Go, while maintaining PHP-based systems and contributing to cloud infrastructure.

This role emphasizes scalable backend components, modern tooling, and collaboration with product teams. You will work in ABC Digital Product, contributing to services across ABC platforms, with opportunities to influence architecture