Senior Software Engineer (Go/GoLang)

Orange and Bronze Software Labs Ltd, Co.; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 1,500,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Orange and Bronze Software Labs Ltd, Co. in the Philippines is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Go/GoLang) to design, build, and maintain microservices with Go and Python.

You will contribute to highly available distributed systems, build APIs for real-time data pipelines, and own scalability and reliability across services. The role involves Agile participation, a strong ownership mindset, and English proficiency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience.
• At least 2 years of Go production work.
• Solid Go concurrency knowledge (goroutines, channels, WaitGroup).
• Experience with microservices and event-driven design.
• Experience with AWS and PostgreSQL; high-load systems exposure.
• Strong ownership, problem-solving mindset, and English proficiency.
• Experience using Python for services or data work.
• Familiarity with ETL orchestration tools like Airflow.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain microservices using Go and Python.
• Work on highly available distributed systems at global scale.
• Build and optimize APIs interacting with real-time pipelines.
• Own scalability, performance, and reliability of services.
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies and peer reviews.

Skills

Go backend development

Distributed systems

API design

Agile collaboration

English proficiency

Problem-solving mindset

Tools

AWS ECS S3 CloudWatch

PostgreSQL

CI/CD

Containerization

Airflow

Monitoring tools

Job description

Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineer (Go/GoLang) focusing on Go and Distributed Systems, you will be part of a high-performing software team and a trusted engineering partner for global tech enterprises.

Work Schedule

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (GMT+2)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain microservices using Go, utilizing Python as a secondary stack.
• Work on highly available distributed systems running at a global scale.
• Build and optimize APIs that interact directly with real-time data pipelines.
• Own the scalability, performance, and reliability across all the services you touch.
• Take an active part in Agile ceremonies, technical discussions, and peer reviews.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of solid backend engineering experience.
• At least 2 years of recent, hands-on experience using Go as your primary language in production work.
• Strong command of Go concurrency, including goroutines, channels, sync.Mutex, WaitGroup, context, and detecting and fixing race conditions.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and event-driven design.
• Hands-on experience with AWS (specifically ECS, S3, CloudWatch, and similar tools) and PostgreSQL.
• Proven experience with high-load systems, including the readiness to walk through a past project and discuss what broke at scale.
• A strong sense of ownership, a real problem-solving mindset, and English proficiency.
• Experience using Python for services, tooling, or data work.
• Familiarity with Airflow or another ETL orchestration tool.
• Background in e-commerce, logistics, fintech, or another high-traffic domain, alongside experience with CI/CD, containerization, and monitoring tools.

Seniority Level

Senior

Employment Type

Full-time

Industries

IT Services, IT Consulting, and Software Development