Senior Go Backend Engineer - EV Charging Platform

Astek; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Astek in Singapore is seeking a Senior Golang Backend Engineer to develop, support a cloud-native EV charging platform. You will build scalable backend services, distributed systems, and event-driven workflows while ensuring high availability and production stability.

You will work closely with technical leads, product, infrastructure, and DevOps to deliver reliable backend solutions and integrations. The role emphasizes hands-on development in Golang and cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Good understanding of concurrency, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems.
• Strong SQL skills with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
• Experience with event-streaming technologies such as Kafka.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting and supporting production systems.
• Experience with cloud-native environments using AWS or Azure.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with distributed, real-time, or high-traffic systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, RESTful APIs, and microservices using Golang.
• Build scalable event-driven and asynchronous workflows for distributed systems.
• Improve application performance, scalability, reliability, and availability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, performing root cause analysis.
• Work with PostgreSQL, including SQL queries, indexing, and performance optimisation.
• Develop and maintain integrations with external platforms and third-party systems.
• Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams on cloud deployments, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality, maintainability, and engineering best practices.
• Take ownership of assigned features and technical deliverables from development through production.

Skills

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Concurrency

SQL

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Production support

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kafka

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Astek in Singapore is seeking a Senior Golang Backend Engineer to develop, support a cloud-native EV charging platform. You will build scalable backend services, distributed systems, and event-driven workflows while ensuring high availability and production stability.

You will work closely with technical leads, product, infrastructure, and DevOps to deliver reliable backend solutions and integrations. The role emphasizes hands-on development in Golang and cloud technologies.