Golang Backend Tech Lead for Scalable Cloud APIs

Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd

Sydney

Hybrid

AUD 170,000 - 230,000

Full time

42 hours ago
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Job summary

Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd in Sydney is hiring a Backend Technical Lead (Golang) to steer the core streaming platform and APIs powering 9Now and Stan. This role blends hands-on coding with team leadership in a high-concurrency environment.

You will design scalable cloud architectures on AWS, drive DevOps practices, and mentor engineers while championing AI-enabled monitoring and proactive reliability. Flexible, hybrid work options are available.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience leading backend teams and delivering high-concurrency services.
  • Strong Golang development expertise and code review skills.
  • Extensive AWS cloud and microservices architecture knowledge.
  • DevOps mindset with IaC and monitoring proficiency.
  • Security-focused with best practices and auditing experience.
  • Experience applying AI to backend operations is a plus.
  • Agile leadership to unblock teams and empower autonomy.

Responsibilities

  • Lead backend engineering on the core streaming platform and APIs.
  • Write, review, and deploy high-performance Golang code.
  • Own the full lifecycle of cloud-based distributed systems.
  • Drive CI/CD, automated tests, and staged rollouts.
  • Mentor engineers and support career growth.
  • Partner with Product to align roadmaps with business goals.
  • Lead root-cause analysis for production issues.

Skills

Golang
AWS
Distributed systems
DevOps
Security
AI/Automation
Agile leadership
Mentoring

Tools

CI/CD
Infrastructure as code

Job description

Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd in Sydney is hiring a Backend Technical Lead (Golang) to steer the core streaming platform and APIs powering 9Now and Stan. This role blends hands-on coding with team leadership in a high-concurrency environment.

You will design scalable cloud architectures on AWS, drive DevOps practices, and mentor engineers while championing AI-enabled monitoring and proactive reliability. Flexible, hybrid work options are available.

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