Senior Go Engineer – Cloud-Native Backend & Kafka

Tata Consultancy Services; Taguig; On-site; PHP 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services is seeking a Senior Golang Engineer to build scalable, cloud-native services in a modern backend stack. You will design and implement distributed systems with Kafka, containerize with Docker and orchestrate on AWS EKS, while automating CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions.

You will collaborate with DevOps, QA, Product, and Architecture teams to deliver end-to-end solutions, optimize performance, reliability, and security, and participate in architecture discussions and

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years in Golang.
• Strong understanding of concurrency, memory management, and microservices architecture in Go.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka (producers, consumers, topics, schema registry).
• Expertise in containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes, preferably on AWS EKS.
• Proficiency with CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions or similar tools.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, gRPC, and message-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with cloud-native design principles and infrastructure as code (IaC) is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, reliable, and scalable backend services using Golang.
• Architect and implement event-driven systems leveraging Apache Kafka.
• Build, deploy, and manage containerized applications using EKS (AWS Kubernetes).
• Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (DevOps, QA, Product, and Architecture) to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and security in production environments.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture planning sessions.
• Troubleshoot production issues and ensure system stability and uptime.

Skills

Golang

Kafka

Distributed systems

RESTful APIs

gRPC

Cloud-native

IaC

Code quality

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

AWS EKS

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services is seeking a Senior Golang Engineer to build scalable, cloud-native services in a modern backend stack. You will design and implement distributed systems with Kafka, containerize with Docker and orchestrate on AWS EKS, while automating CI/CD pipelines via GitHub Actions.

You will collaborate with DevOps, QA, Product, and Architecture teams to deliver end-to-end solutions, optimize performance, reliability, and security, and participate in architecture discussions and