Expert Engineer Golang

Aqua Security; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 400,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Aqua Security is hiring an Expert Engineer to join the server team in Hyderabad, focusing on the management console, REST APIs, and a VueJS UI. You will work across the stack, from SQL queries to background processing, with an emphasis on high-scale, container-based cloud-native security.

Our stack runs primarily on Linux, with Windows/Mac support, and requires strong Go, Node.js, or Java expertise. You will contribute to on-premise deployments and SaaS components, in a role that blends

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on engineering delivering features for large-scale, distributed applications.
• Proven experience designing and building multi-component systems / microservices with efficient inter-service communication patterns.
• Strong programming background in Go, Node.js, Java, or similar high-level languages.
• Experienced in building and maintaining APIs (REST or RPC) while owning backward-compatibility decisions.
• Deep hands-on experience with RDBMS and/or NoSQL systems (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra).
• Experience with AWS and IaC tools like Terraform/CloudFormation is a plus.
• Experience in cloud development including Serverless Lambda functions (SNS, SQS, EC2, S3).
• Passionate about modern engineering practices and open-source ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Develop Aquas management console across the full stack: SQL, business logic, background jobs, REST APIs and UI.
• Write features for large-scale, distributed applications and multi-component systems.
• Contribute to on-premise and SaaS components, containers, and cloud-native tooling.

Skills

Go

Node.js

Java

APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

SQL/NoSQL

Serverless

GenAI

Linux

Tools

OpenShift

Kafka

Terraform

Job description

Job Description:

Aqua Security enables enterprises to secure their container-based and cloud-native applications from development to production, accelerating container adoption and bridging the gap between DevOps and IT security. We are building a state-of-the-art security platform for large enterprises in the exciting and innovative new field of software containers. Our systems are deployed on thousands of customer servers around the world. A distributed system to watch over distributed systems!

• We are looking for a talented Expert Engineer to join our server team, in charge of developing Aquas management console - a multi-component system with many responsibilities, performing various background jobs and large-scale data processing; supplying REST APIs, a web based UI and more.
• In this role, you will take part in further development of our management console, writing features across the entire application stack: SQL queries, business logic, background processes, REST APIs and web-based user interfaces.
• At Aqua, you will not be writing code for in-house applications. You will be writing code for large technology companies, banks, government agencies and multi-national chains.
• Our product is composed of multiple components, mostly installed on-premise in our customers cloud environments, but also has SaaS components, plugins for various CI/CD systems and many more. Almost everything runs inside containers. It is written in Go - an exciting new language from Google, and heavily depends on free software/open source components. Our web UI is currently written in VueJS. We are primarily a Linux company, but our software also supports Windows and Mac.

Working from Aqua Hyderabad office a minimum of 3 days per week (Mon, Tues, Thu)

About the Team

Requirements

1. 8+ years of hands-on engineering experiencedelivering features for large-scale, distributed applications.
2. Proven experience designing and buildingmulti‑component systems / microserviceswith efficient inter‑service communication patterns.
3. Strong programming background inGo, Node.js, Java, or similar high-level languages — extra credit if you’ve used Go in production or survived a weekend debugging a catastrophic memory leak.
4. Experienced in building and maintainingAPIs (REST or RPC)while owning the lifecycle of backward‑compatibility decisions (including the ones you regret).
5. Deep hands‑on experience withRDBMS(MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQLite) and/orNoSQL systems(MongoDB, Redis, Cassandra, Couchbase).
6. PostgreSQL database knowledge and performance tuning should outline specific technical competencies and optimization responsibilities
7. Comfortable writing complex queries (yes, includingmulti‑join monsters) and having strong opinions oninteger vs UUIDprimary keys.
8. Experience with any one of the Cloud providers such asAWSis a must
9. Experience in provisioning infrastructure using IaC tools like Terraform/CloudFormation is a plus
10. Experience In cloud Development such asServerless-Lambda functions– SNS, SQS, EC2, S3 bucket (Must)
11. Passionate about modern engineering practices, open-source ecosystems, and developing software that runs reliably at scale in real customer environments.

AI & GenAI Expertise

1. Practical, high-impact experience usingGenAI development tools(Cursor, GitHub Copilot, etc.) to boost developer productivity, accelerate code reviews, support architectural decisions, and improve engineering workflows.
2. Familiarity withAI-supported observability, predictive alerting, data analysis and intelligent root‑cause analysis.
3. Experience integratingAI/ML-assisted toolinginto design, development, test automation, CI/CD, or operational pipelines is a strong plus.

Containers, Linux & Ecosystem

1. StrongLinuxfundamentals — you should feel at home in *nix environments.
2. Hands‑on experience withDockerandKubernetes(required);OpenShiftis a bonus.
3. Knowledge of event streaming platforms likeKafkais a plus.

Aqua Security is the pioneer in cloud native security. Founded in 2015, Aqua Security is a global late-stage scale-up and the largest pure play cloud native vendor. Aqua helps enterprises see and stop threats across every phase of the software development lifecycle, from dev to cloud and back.

If you’re ready for an exciting opportunity to dive into the hottest cybersecurity category, now is the perfect time to join Aqua! We are a global organization where every Aquarian can make a difference and make a big impact. Aqua also offers great company culture, amazing colleagues, international travel, and lots more!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.