Senior Backend Engineer | Go / Golang

LTM; São Paulo; On-site; BRL 300,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

LTM in São Paulo is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own backend systems. You’ll design and build high-performance Go services, implement gRPC and REST APIs, and shape scalable microservices.

You’ll work with Kafka, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms like GCP/AWS, and participate in AI-assisted development to boost productivity while upholding code quality and rigorous reviews.

A strong background in distributed systems and modern tooling will help you excel in this role.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 3+ years hands-on Go/Golang production experience.
• Strong backend and microservices experience.
• Experience with gRPC, REST APIs and Protocol Buffers.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or event-streaming architectures.
• Experience with Kubernetes, ideally GKE/EKS.
• Experience with GCP and/or AWS.
• Familiarity with AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop gRPC and REST APIs for scalable backend services.
• Build distributed, event-driven solutions with Kafka.
• Deploy microservices in Kubernetes and cloud environments.
• Collaborate in AI-assisted development and maintain code quality.

Skills

Go/Golang production

Backend & microservices

gRPC & REST APIs

Kafka / event streaming

Kubernetes (GKE/EKS)

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

AI coding tools familiarity

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong experience in Go/Golang to join a team building high-performance, scalable backend services.

In this role, you’ll work on distributed systems, designing and developing gRPC and REST APIs, building event-driven solutions with Kafka, and deploying microservices in Kubernetes and cloud environments such as GCP and AWS.

You’ll also be part of an engineering environment that embraces AI-assisted development, using modern coding tools to improve productivity while maintaining high standards for code quality, testing, and reviews.

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience with Go/Golang in production
• Strong backend and microservices experience
• Experience with gRPC, REST APIs and Protocol Buffers
• Hands‑on experience with Kafka or event-streaming architectures
• Experience with Kubernetes, ideally GKE and/or EKS
• Experience with GCP and/or AWS
• Solid understanding of scalable and distributed systems
• Experience with code reviews and software engineering best practices
• Familiarity with AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar

Nice to have:

• Node.js / TypeScript
• Terraform and Helm
• Prometheus, Grafana or OpenTelemetry
• Redis or MongoDB
• Experience building LLM-powered features, AI agents, MCP servers, evals or guardrails
• React / frontend experience

If you’re passionate about Go, backend engineering, distributed systems, performance and modern AI-assisted development, we’d love to connect!