Backend Go Engineer: Build Scalable Microservices

Proofpoint; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Career success on your terms

Flexible work environment

Annual wellness and community outreach

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Job summary

Proofpoint is seeking a Backend Engineer to join our team and build scalable, production-grade systems using Go. You will contribute to microservices powering core product features and gain hands-on experience with modern backend architectures in a fast-paced environment.

You will design and implement end-to-end features, maintain microservices with Golang, and collaborate with cross-functional teams on API design and service-to-service communication.

Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with Go or strong willingness to learn quickly.
• Understanding of APIs, databases, concurrency, networking.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features end to end
• Develop and maintain microservices using Golang
• Contribute to API design and service-to-service communication
• Debug and resolve issues across distributed systems
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Collaborate with engineers across product and infrastructure teams

Skills

Go language

Backend development

APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Job description

Proofpoint is seeking a Backend Engineer to join our team and build scalable, production-grade systems using Go. You will contribute to microservices powering core product features and gain hands-on experience with modern backend architectures in a fast-paced environment.

You will design and implement end-to-end features, maintain microservices with Golang, and collaborate with cross-functional teams on API design and service-to-service communication.