Senior Golang Developer

HCLSoftware; Dadri; On-site; INR 2,600,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLSoftware is seeking a Senior Go (Golang) Developer to join our engineering team in India. You will design, build, and maintain high-performance backend systems, focusing on scalable microservices and robust APIs.

You will collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, DevOps, and QA to deliver high-quality features, participate in code reviews, and mentor junior developers in a Scrum environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience, including 4+ years in Go (Golang).
• Strong backend design, microservices, and API development expertise.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, gRPC, and message queues like Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Proficient with relational and/or NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Cloud familiarity (AWS, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Security best practices, debugging, and strong communication skills.
• Willingness to travel occasionally and work in a Scrum team.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs in Go.
• Architect scalable microservices and ensure high performance.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, DevOps, and QA teams.
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers.
• Monitor production systems and ensure reliability.

Skills

Backend design

Microservices

API development

RESTful APIs

gRPC

Message queues

Database design

Cloud platforms

Security best practices

Debugging & problem solving

Education

Software development degree

Tools

Go (Golang)

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Kafka

RabbitMQ

REST

gRPC

Job description

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Go (Golang) Developer to join our engineering team and contribute to building high-performance, scalable, and maintainable backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Go (Golang).
• Architect and implement scalable, resilient microservices.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, DevOps, and QA teams to deliver quality features.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and mentoring of junior developers.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production systems, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Write clean, testable, and well-documented code.
• You will be a Senior developer in a Scrum team working with Golang as main technology
• You will be assigned with challenging task which require the ability to think out-of-the box and propose innovative solutions
• You will be requested to develop features through their entire lifecycle: from architecting them to implementation, unit testing, validation, and release.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of software development experience, with 4+ years in Go (Golang).
• Strong understanding of backend system design, microservices architecture, and API development.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, gRPC, and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Proficiency with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP,) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes). Ability to leverage AI tools.
• Knowledge of security best practices in backend development.
• Excellent debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of Operating Systems such as Windows, Linux, and Mac OS, and the ability to develop on them (leveraging APIs)
• Jenkins and Microservice-based architectures
• You are enthusiastic and curious about software development technologies
• You enjoy working in a team, are independent, highly motivated, proactive, structured and responsible
• You have completed a software development related degree
• You have strong experience in defining software architectures, reviewing requirements and autonomously implementing them in complex environments
• You have strong experience in the lifecycle of a software product
• You have a strong ability to learn new technologies and become productive
• You have a strong commitment in ensuring high quality code
• You have the ability to work under pressure and the willingness to travel occasionally are no problem for you
• Good communication skills and English round off your profile.