Senior/Lead Golang Software Engineer

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

Job summary

SoftServe is seeking a Senior Go Engineer to embed within a GPU cloud and AI infrastructure platform. You will contribute to production systems from day one, working with client engineers to improve reliability across APIs, control plane, and fleet-management services.

You will diagnose complex issues in a large distributed environment, develop Go-based services for 5,000+ machines, and enhance testing strategies. Collaboration with observability and infra teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production Go experience in distributed environments.
• Strong knowledge of Linux fundamentals (processes, namespaces, cgroups, container runtime).
• Experience with concurrency patterns, context management, and scalable design.
• Networking fundamentals in distributed/multi-region infra.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve complex production issues across APIs and control plane services.
• Own bug resolution from analysis through implementation with high-quality fixes.
• Collaborate with client engineers, infra specialists, and observability teams to identify root causes.
• Develop and enhance Go-based services across 5,000+ machines to improve maintainability and performance.
• Increase test coverage and establish testing strategies for services interfacing with OS components and external commands.
• Refactor code to improve context propagation, cancellation handling, and concurrency patterns.
• Contribute to Terraform provider modernization to support full platform API and improve developer experience.
• Balance technical debt remediation with business priorities for long-term evolution.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Linux fundamentals

Concurrency patterns

Networking basics

Tools

Terraform

Job description

About The Role

Join SoftServe as a Senior Go Engineer embedded within a leading GPU cloud and AI infrastructure platform that operates a large-scale distributed environment across more than 5,000 machines. You will contribute directly to production systems from day one, working alongside the client’s engineering team to improve platform reliability, resolve complex customer-facing issues, and enhance key infrastructure components across API, control plane, and fleet-management services.

About The Role

Join SoftServe as a Senior Go Engineer embedded within a leading GPU cloud and AI infrastructure platform that operates a large-scale distributed environment across more than 5,000 machines. You will contribute directly to production systems from day one, working alongside the client’s engineering team to improve platform reliability, resolve complex customer-facing issues, and enhance key infrastructure components across API, control plane, and fleet-management services.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve complex production issues across APIs, control plane services, and web applications, ensuring reliable customer experiences and platform stability


• Own bug resolution from analysis through implementation, delivering high-quality fixes that improve system consistency, accuracy, and performance


• Collaborate closely with client engineers, infrastructure specialists, and observability stakeholders to identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions


• Develop and enhance Go-based services running across a fleet of 5,000+ machines, improving maintainability, resilience, and operational efficiency


• Increase test coverage and establish effective testing strategies for services interacting with operating system components and external commands


• Refactor existing code to improve context propagation, cancellation handling, concurrency patterns, and overall software quality


• Contribute to the modernization of the client’s Terraform provider, expanding support across the full platform API and improving the developer experience


• Balance technical debt remediation with business priorities, making pragmatic engineering decisions that support long-term platform evolution

Requirements

• 5+ years of production experience with Go; systems-level engineering in distributed environments will be a plus


• Ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues in live production systems beyond straightforward defect fixes


• Understanding of Linux fundamentals, including processes, namespaces, cgroups, and container runtime behavior will be a plus


• Practical knowledge of concurrency patterns, context management, and scalable distributed system design


• Networking fundamentals within distributed and multi-region infrastructure environments


• Experience working with codebases that contain technical debt and the ability to identify high-impact improvement opportunities


• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the confidence to work directly with client-side engineers and stakeholders


• Good English proficiency for effective communication in a global environment

SoftServe is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship, disability, health condition, marital or family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.