Senior Go Microservices Architect

Intetics; Poland; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Intetics Inc. is seeking a Go Application Architect to translate requirements into scalable architecture for distributed microservices, with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.

You will design API contracts (REST/gRPC), choose data storage, integrate Kafka/RabbitMQ/NATS, and guide teams while balancing build vs. buy decisions.

This role requires 7+ years of software experience, strong Go skills, and proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD in fintech-like domains.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience.
• 4-5+ years hands-on Go with goroutines, channels, context, memory model, concurrency.
• Education in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience in fintech/banking or regulated domains.
• Strong API design (REST/gRPC) with versioning and backward compatibility.
• Experience with distributed/microservice architectures and high-load systems.
• CI/CD practices and modern DevOps approaches.

Responsibilities

• Translate ambiguous requirements into a clear technical architecture.
• Design distributed, scalable, fault-tolerant microservice systems.
• Create robust API contracts with versioning and backward compatibility.
• Architect data storage strategies across relational DBs and NoSQL where needed.
• Design event-driven flows using Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATS.
• Anticipate scalability and reliability risks and plan accordingly.
• Produce architecture docs (ADRs, specs, diagrams) for engineers and stakeholders.
• Mentor teams on best practices, Go idioms, and code quality.

Skills

Go programming

Concurrency patterns

API design

Distributed systems

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Event-driven architecture

Relational databases

Architecture documentation

Education

Higher education in CS

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

NATS

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

Intetics Inc. is seeking a Go Application Architect to translate requirements into scalable architecture for distributed microservices, with a focus on performance, reliability, and maintainability.

You will design API contracts (REST/gRPC), choose data storage, integrate Kafka/RabbitMQ/NATS, and guide teams while balancing build vs. buy decisions.

This role requires 7+ years of software experience, strong Go skills, and proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD in fintech-like domains.