Senior Lead Go Developer - Cloud-Native, Kubernetes, SRE

Capgemini Engineering; Almada; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Health and life insurance

Referral bonuses

Office locations

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering in Portugal is seeking a Senior Lead Go Developer to join a strategic cloud transformation program. You will provide technical leadership to a cloud-native squad while hands-on engineering activities continue.

You will design, develop, and industrialize cloud platform capabilities using Kubernetes, Go, and IaC, ensuring secure, scalable, and automated services for next-generation cloud infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS, SE, or a related field.
• Strong Go backend and cloud-native development experience (mandatory).
• Proven Kubernetes expertise and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with GitOps, IaC, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven leadership and ability to guide technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a cloud-native development team, promoting engineering excellence and best practices.
• Design, develop, and maintain Kubernetes Operators, Controllers, APIs, and automation tooling using Go.
• Drive cloud platform automation through GitOps and Infrastructure as Code methodologies.
• Collaborate with Product Units including Bare Metal, Provisioning, IAM, Storage, and Network L2 teams.
• Contribute to architecture discussions, technical decision-making, and platform evolution.
• Implement and promote SRE principles, focusing on reliability, scalability, observability, and operational excellence.
• Support CI/CD pipeline improvements and platform industrialization initiatives.
• Ensure cloud-native solutions follow security, performance, and maintainability standards.
• Participate in troubleshooting, incident resolution, and continuous service improvement activities.
• Explore and contribute to Rust-based developments where applicable and beneficial.

Skills

Go programming

Kubernetes

GitOps

CI/CD

SRE

Leadership

Rust

Education

BSc or MSc in Computer Science/Software Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

GitOps

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Capgemini Engineering in Portugal is seeking a Senior Lead Go Developer to join a strategic cloud transformation program. You will provide technical leadership to a cloud-native squad while hands-on engineering activities continue.

You will design, develop, and industrialize cloud platform capabilities using Kubernetes, Go, and IaC, ensuring secure, scalable, and automated services for next-generation cloud infrastructure.