Senior Golang Engineer - EV Charging Platform (OCPI/OCPP)

Astek; Santo Niño 1st; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Astek is seeking a hands-on Senior Golang Backend Engineer to develop and scale a cloud-native EV charging platform. You will design backend services, APIs, and distributed workflows with a focus on reliability, performance, and production readiness.

You will collaborate with product, DevOps, and infrastructure teams, implement Kafka-based event streams, and ensure robust deployments on AWS or Azure, using Docker and Kubernetes in a high-availability environment.

Qualifications

• Production-grade Golang applications experience.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Strong concurrency and distributed-systems knowledge.
• SQL proficiency with PostgreSQL or similar databases.
• Experience with Kafka and event streams.
• Cloud deployments on AWS or Azure.
• Docker and Kubernetes experience.
• Experience with high-traffic, real-time systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Golang.
• Build event-driven workflows for distributed systems.
• Improve performance, scalability, reliability, and availability.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analyses.
• Collaborate with DevOps on cloud deployments and monitoring.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality.
• Own features from development through production.

Skills

Golang

RESTful APIs

Microservices

SQL / PostgreSQL

Kafka

Cloud/AWS-Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Performance tuning

Tools

Datadog

Sentry

Terraform

Job description

Senior Golang Backend Engineer – EV Charging Platform

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands‑on Senior Golang Backend Engineer to develop, enhance, and support a cloud-native EV Charging platform. The role focuses on building scalable backend services, distributed systems, and event-driven workflows while ensuring high availability and production stability.

You will work closely with technical leads, product, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to deliver reliable backend solutions and integrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, RESTful APIs, and microservices using Golang.
• Build scalable event-driven and asynchronous workflows for distributed systems.
• Improve application performance, scalability, reliability, and availability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, performing root cause analysis where required.
• Work with PostgreSQL, including SQL queries, indexing, and performance optimisation.
• Develop and maintain integrations with external platforms and third‑party systems.
• Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams on cloud deployments, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality, maintainability, and engineering best practices.
• Take ownership of assigned features and technical deliverables from development through production.

Must‑Have Requirements

• Strong hands‑on experience developing production applications using Golang (Go).
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Good understanding of concurrency, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems.
• Strong SQL skills with experience in PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
• Experience with event‑streaming technologies such as Kafka.
• Hands‑on experience troubleshooting and supporting production systems.
• Experience with cloud‑native environments using AWS or Azure.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with distributed, real‑time, or high‑traffic systems.

Good to Have

• Beginner to intermediate knowledge of Java.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog or Sentry.
• Exposure to Terraform or other Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC) tools.
• Experience within EV charging, mobility, IoT, or device‑integrated platforms.
• Knowledge of EV charging protocols such as OCPI and OCPP.
• Experience developing real‑time and device‑integrated systems.

Key Technologies

Golang | REST APIs | Microservices | PostgreSQL | Kafka | AWS/Azure | Docker | Kubernetes | Terraform | Datadog | Sentry | Java | OCPI | OCPP