Principal Golang Engineer

Compire.co; Brasil; On-site; BRL 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Compire.co in Brazil is seeking a highly experienced Golang Engineer to build and scale a next‑generation digital commerce solution. You will guide engineering teams, solve challenging technical problems, and help steer technology decisions, delivering reliable software at scale.

You’ll work across Go microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD tooling, partnering with multiple domains to drive performance, stability, and quality.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years working extensively with Golang in production environments.
• Strong understanding of distributed applications and service-oriented design.
• Solid knowledge of REST, gRPC, SQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Go concurrency, debugging, performance tuning, and automated testing.
• Understanding of messaging systems, data synchronization, and fault-tolerant applications.
• Previous experience guiding technical initiatives involving multiple development teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement backend solutions using Go and a microservices approach.
• Develop efficient APIs and integrations between internal and external systems.
• Identify potential performance bottlenecks and improve system stability.
• Help teams make informed decisions about software design and technology choices.
• Work with cloud infrastructure, databases, and asynchronous messaging systems.
• Review technical solutions, support other developers, and improve development workflows.
• Introduce tools and processes that increase code quality and development efficiency.

Skills

Go

Go concurrency

Distributed systems

REST & gRPC

SQL

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Redis

AWS

PostgreSQL

React

TypeScript

Java

Job description

We are seeking a highly experienced Golang Engineer to help build and scale a next-generation digital commerce solution. The ideal candidate combines strong software development skills with the ability to guide engineering teams, solve challenging technical problems, and make important technology decisions.We are looking for someone that can start working with us full-time starting next week.

What You'll Do

• Plan and implement backend solutions using Go and a microservices approach.
• Develop efficient APIs and integrations between internal and external systems.
• Identify potential performance bottlenecks and improve system stability.
• Help teams make informed decisions about software design and technology choices.
• Work with cloud infrastructure, databases, and asynchronous messaging systems.
• Review technical solutions, support other developers, and improve development workflows.
• Introduce tools and processes that increase code quality and development efficiency.

What We're Looking For

• 12+ years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years working extensively with Golang in production environments.
• Strong understanding of distributed applications and service-oriented design.
• Solid knowledge of REST, gRPC, SQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Go concurrency, debugging, performance tuning, and automated testing.
• Understanding of messaging systems, data synchronization, and fault-tolerant applications.
• Previous experience guiding technical initiatives involving multiple development teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving abilities.
• Nice to have Apache Kafka and Java.
• Terraform, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD automation.
• Redis, React, or TypeScript.
• Experience with large-scale online retail or marketplace applications.
• Familiarity with AI-powered development tools.

Technology Environment

Go, PostgreSQL, REST/gRPC, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions.

This position is ideal for an engineer who enjoys tackling complex technical challenges, contributing to major architectural decisions, and helping teams deliver dependable software at scale.