Senior Go Backend Engineer - Scalable Microservices

Hard Rock Games; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible vacation

Team autonomy

Job summary

A renowned gaming company is seeking a Senior Go Developer for a full-time, hybrid position in Toronto. The role focuses on backend microservices development in a high-scale environment. Candidates should have over 5 years of Go experience and understand Go concurrency, HTTP frameworks, and SQL databases. The position offers the opportunity to lead strategic initiatives and make an impact on system performance while being part of an inclusive, player-obsessed team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional Go development experience.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance existing Go codebase.
• Lead strategic refactoring initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional development teams.
• Participate in code reviews and mentoring.

Skills

Go concurrency patterns

HTTP frameworks (Gin preferred)

SQL databases

Redis and caching strategies

Docker and containerization

Cloud platforms (GCP preferred)

Tools

Git

Monitoring/observability tools

Job description

A renowned gaming company is seeking a Senior Go Developer for a full-time, hybrid position in Toronto. The role focuses on backend microservices development in a high-scale environment. Candidates should have over 5 years of Go experience and understand Go concurrency, HTTP frameworks, and SQL databases. The position offers the opportunity to lead strategic initiatives and make an impact on system performance while being part of an inclusive, player-obsessed team.