Go Backend Engineer: Microservices, Cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Artifintech; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Artifintech is seeking an experienced Go backend engineer to design and develop scalable microservices and distributed systems. You will implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust data-driven services.

The role emphasizes secure API design, containerized deployments with Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud-based infrastructure across AWS/GCP/Azure. Strong testing and code-review practices are required.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Go (Golang) with hands-on backend experience.
• Experience designing and building microservices architectures.
• Strong knowledge of RESTful APIs and GraphQL.
• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0, JWT and API security practices.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases and data modeling.
• Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes in CI/CD pipelines.
• Cloud deployment experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Unit/integration testing in Go and automation practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services in Go.
• Implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs and microservice endpoints.
• Build distributed systems with high availability and performance.
• Ensure security, authentication, and authorization at the API level.
• Collaborate with DevOps and QA for CI/CD and testing.
• Participate in code reviews and architecture discussions.
• Optimize performance, memory usage, and scalability.
• Integrate with SQL/NoSQL databases and messaging queues.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Backend development

Microservices

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

OpenID/OAuth/JWT

Distributed systems

SQL/NoSQL databases

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)

CI/CD

Testing (Go)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

Kafka

RabbitMQ

OAuth 2.0

JWT

Job description

Artifintech is seeking an experienced Go backend engineer to design and develop scalable microservices and distributed systems. You will implement RESTful and GraphQL APIs, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust data-driven services.

The role emphasizes secure API design, containerized deployments with Docker/Kubernetes, and cloud-based infrastructure across AWS/GCP/Azure. Strong testing and code-review practices are required.