Senior Go Developer

golang.cz; Reach; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

golang.cz is seeking a Senior Golang Backend Developer to join our team building modern cloud applications for USA and Canada customers. You will contribute to backend services using Go, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes, write clean, readable code, and shape scalable architectures for long-term maintenance.

Experience with Docker, REST and gRPC is valued. You’ll collaborate within our Prague office environment with an emphasis on open-source contributions.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in Go backend development.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, Git and Linux.
• Writes clean, readable code with a focus on long-term maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Develop modern cloud applications for USA and Canada-based customers.
• Build robust backend services using Go and modern tech stack.
• Collaborate on design, API definitions and system architecture.

Skills

Go

PostgreSQL

Git

Linux

REST API

gRPC/WebRPC

Docker

Kubernetes

Open-Source

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Job description

Senior Golang Backend Developer

We are seeking talented Go backend developers to join our team developing modern cloud applications for our customers based in USA and Canada.

We are looking for candidates with 2+ years experience in Go, backend development, PostgreSQL, Git version control and Linux. Our ideal candidate writes clean code and prioritizes readability and long-term maintainability over unnecessary complexity or "magic".

Tech Stack

• Go 1.22+
• PostgreSQL, Redis
• Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana
• REST API, gRPC/WebRPC, event queue, pub/sub

Open-Source

You will be using and actively contributing to many Open-Source projects, including:

• github.com/webrpc/webrpc, an alternative to gRPC for web applications.
• github.com/go-chi/chi, one of the most popular HTTP routers in Go
• github.com/pressly/goose, the DB migration tool.
• A suite of HTTP middlewares and tools for caching, HTTP rate limiting, tracing etc. See https://github.com/go-chi and https://github.com/goware

Why join us?

We're a software agency start-up looking for new colleagues in our Prague office. We're working on long-term projects for our customers mostly in USA and Canada. We're designing software solutions and scalable web applications with a focus on clean architecture and modern tech stack. We're contributing to Open-Source and attending local meetups.

Our brand new office close to O2 Aréna is just 4 mins away from metro stations Českomoravská and Vysočanská. We have tasty coffee, modern kitchen, terrace with BBQ grill and a large garden. We like to do have BBQs often, have a beer after work and sometimes we play guitars or FIFA on PS5. Wanna bike into the office and take a shower? No problem :)

We're looking forward to talking to you!

• Vojtech & the team