Go Backend Engineer — Internal Tools & Automation

Webhosting; Australia; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Megaport is seeking a Go developer to design, develop, and maintain robust backend services and command-line tooling. You will contribute to internal tooling and automation within the Platform Engineering team, focusing on scalable Go-based solutions that operate on Kubernetes/EKS and integrate with existing systems.

The role requires building high-performance APIs, automating workflows, and ensuring governance and reliability as Megaport scales.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building Go-based backends and APIs.
• Experience with Kubernetes/EKS in production environments.
• Ability to design lightweight CLI tools and automation scripts.

Responsibilities

• Develop internal Go-based backend services and APIs.
• Build and maintain CLI tooling to automate workflows.
• Design scalable automation and governance-related systems.
• Operate and optimize Go services running on Kubernetes/EKS.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

CLI tooling

Tools

REST APIs

Git

Job description

Megaport is seeking a Go developer to design, develop, and maintain robust backend services and command-line tooling. You will contribute to internal tooling and automation within the Platform Engineering team, focusing on scalable Go-based solutions that operate on Kubernetes/EKS and integrate with existing systems.

The role requires building high-performance APIs, automating workflows, and ensuring governance and reliability as Megaport scales.