Senior Software Engineer (Go/GoLang)

Orangeandbronze; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Orangeandbronze is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Go/GoLang) to design, build, and scale microservices in a distributed systems environment. You will work on real-time data pipelines, APIs, and global-scale services, with Go as the primary language and Python for supporting tasks.

You will own performance, reliability, and scalability, participate in Agile ceremonies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience.
• 2+ years of Go in production work.
• Strong Go concurrency knowledge.
• Understanding of microservices and event-driven design.
• Experience with AWS (ECS, S3, CloudWatch) and PostgreSQL.
• Experience with high-load systems and scale considerations.
• English proficiency and ownership mindset.
• Experience with Python in services or tooling.
• Familiarity with Airflow or similar ETL tools.
• Background in high-traffic domains; CI/CD and containerization knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain microservices using Go with Python as a secondary stack.
• Work on distributed systems at global scale and optimize APIs for real-time data pipelines.
• Own performance, scalability, and reliability across services.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical discussions, and peer reviews.

Skills

Backend engineering

Go programming

Go concurrency

Microservices

AWS

PostgreSQL

High-load systems

Ownership mindset

Python for services

ETL / Airflow

CI/CD / Containerization

Tools

ECS

S3

CloudWatch

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

Job Function

Information Technology and Engineering

IT Services, IT Consulting, and Software Development