Go Backend Engineer - Scalable APIs & Microservices

VLink Inc; Jakarta Pusat; On-site; IDR 223,200,000 - 502,200,000; Full time

Job summary

VLink Inc in Jakarta Pusat seeks a Go backend engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable microservices and REST APIs. You will collaborate with frontend, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver robust backend solutions.

The role emphasizes Go proficiency, database integration with PostgreSQL, caching with Redis, concurrency patterns, security best practices, testing, and production readiness through CI/CD and observability.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Go with memory management and concurrency patterns.
• Hands-on backend development and REST API implementation.
• Experience with HTTP protocols, middleware, routing and API integration.
• Experience with PostgreSQL including queries, transactions and optimization.
• Familiarity with Redis caching strategies.
• Knowledge of error handling, context management, and timeout handling.
• Experience in unit/integration testing and debugging.
• Understanding of security, authentication, authorization, and secure config.
• Familiarity with Git, dependencies, code review, and clean code principles.
• Ability to design scalable backend architectures and work across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications and microservices using Go.
• Build, maintain, and optimize RESTful APIs, including routing, middleware, validation, and error handling.
• Manage database integrations with PostgreSQL, including queries and transactions.
• Implement caching with Redis and optimize data management.
• Develop concurrent applications using Goroutines, Channels, Context, and patterns.
• Apply authentication, authorization, and security best practices to protect services.
• Write clean, maintainable code and follow software engineering best practices.
• Perform unit and integration testing, debugging, and code reviews for quality.
• Monitor performance, troubleshoot production issues, and optimize resource usage.
• Implement logging, observability, and CI/CD workflows; collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Participate in system architecture discussions and deployment processes.

Skills

Go (Golang)

REST API design

SQL / PostgreSQL

Concurrency

Security best practices

Testing & debugging

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Job description

VLink Inc in Jakarta Pusat seeks a Go backend engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable microservices and REST APIs. You will collaborate with frontend, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver robust backend solutions.

The role emphasizes Go proficiency, database integration with PostgreSQL, caching with Redis, concurrency patterns, security best practices, testing, and production readiness through CI/CD and observability.