Senior Golang Engineer (LATAM Remote)

Signify Technology; Mexico; On-site; PHP 3,243,803 - 3,885,434; Full time

Job summary

Signify Technology is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to work fully remote in Latin America. This role involves owning Go services that handle operational data via gRPC and Kafka on AWS. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in production Go, familiarity with gRPC and Kafka, and strong English skills for collaboration with a US-based team. The role offers a competitive rate of $30 per hour and involves design, mentorship, and technical reviews.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of production Go in a backend or distributed-systems role.
• Experience with gRPC schema design and breaking-change management.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka in production.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship production Go services that run reliably at scale.
• Own the backend API surface — gRPC contracts, message schemas, versioning.
• Build and tune Kafka‑based event pipelines (producers, consumers).
• Build on AWS using the AWS SDK for Go.

Skills

Production Go

gRPC

Kafka

AWS SDK for Go

Strong English communication

Job description

Fully remote, working from anywhere in Latin America for a US-based client

US business hours

$30 USD per hour ($5,200 USD per month)

About the Client

One of our long-standing clients in the US logistics technology space. They run a high-volume operational platform built on cloud‑native, event‑driven foundations, and they are continuing a multi‑year push to modernise their backend stack. The hiring team is US‑based and you will work directly into it from your home country.

Role Overview

You will sit on a senior backend team owning core Go services that move large volumes of operational data through gRPC APIs and Kafka pipelines on AWS. The work spans system‑level design decisions, performance tuning under sustained load, and lifting standards across the engineering org through reviews and mentorship. This is a hands‑on senior seat — you will be writing code, but you will also be a technical reference point for the wider team.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship production Go services that run reliably at scale
• Own the backend API surface — gRPC contracts, message schemas, versioning
• Build and tune Kafka‑based event pipelines (producers, consumers, ordering, replay)
• Build on AWS with a serverless‑first lean where it makes sense, using the AWS SDK for Go
• Review code, mentor engineers, and shape engineering standards
• Contribute to incident retrospectives and feed the lessons back into platform practice

Required Skills and Experience

• At least 5 years of production Go in a backend or distributed‑systems role
• gRPC, including schema design and breaking‑change management
• Kafka in production
• AWS, with hands‑on experience using the AWS SDK for Go
• Strong written and spoken English — daily collaboration with a US‑based team
• Comfortable owning service design end to end

Nice to Have

• Exposure to AI/ML integration in backend services
• Background in logistics, freight, supply chain, or other high‑throughput operational platforms

Interview Process

Two‑stage process

Please note we are unable to offer employer sponsorship for this role.