Principal Go Engineer – Distributed Systems Leader (Remote)

HeadHR; Wrocław; Hybrid; PLN 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% remote in European hours

Two-stage interview process

Background check (HireRight)

Job summary

HeadHR is seeking a Principal Go Engineer to design and own the architecture of a distributed data and analytics platform. You will code and drive performance, reliability, and key components on Kubernetes across cloud environments.

You will lead cross-team initiatives, mentor engineers, and collaborate with DevOps and product teams to resolve production incidents in a remote European-hours setting.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of development experience with 5+ years in Go.
• Role options include Tech Lead, Staff, or Principal Engineer.
• Ownership of high-availability, high-volume distributed systems.
• Fluent English communication.
• Experience with Kafka and PostgreSQL; Docker & Kubernetes in production.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable Go backend services and data pipelines.
• Build Kafka-based event-driven architecture and define data flows.
• Make architectural decisions for scalability, consistency, and disaster recovery.
• Optimize Go performance at CPU, memory, and concurrency levels.
• Raise standards in code quality, security, and observability.
• Lead cross-team technical initiatives and mentor engineers.
• Collaborate with DevOps/Product teams and resolve production incidents.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Leadership

English

Tools

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

gRPC

Protobuf

Terraform

Helm

Ansible

Job description

HeadHR is seeking a Principal Go Engineer to design and own the architecture of a distributed data and analytics platform. You will code and drive performance, reliability, and key components on Kubernetes across cloud environments.

You will lead cross-team initiatives, mentor engineers, and collaborate with DevOps and product teams to resolve production incidents in a remote European-hours setting.