Go Backend Engineer — Scalable, High-Performance Systems

Twenty; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Washington seeks a skilled backend developer to advance national security capabilities. The role involves building scalable systems using Go and requires 5+ years of experience in software development. Candidates should have experience with graph databases, event-driven architectures, and cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS. The ideal candidate is excited by impactful work in defense and security and possesses a solid foundation in secure coding practices. Join us to build critical technology for national defense.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency with Go and experience shipping production services.
• Experience with graph databases including schema design and query performance.
• Working knowledge of event-driven architectures.
• Experience building and maintaining APIs.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS.
• Experience with containerization and microservices.
• Strong foundation in secure coding practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable backend services in Go.
• Build high-performance APIs for customer-facing workflows.
• Model complex relationships in graph databases.
• Implement event-driven systems for real-time operational data.
• Develop and maintain automated tests.
• Build and operate microservices on AWS.
• Create and improve CI/CD pipelines.
• Partner with cyber operations experts to translate needs into products.
• Collaborate with frontend engineers on API contracts.
• Evaluate new technologies for better outcomes.

Skills

Go (Golang)

APIs (REST and/or GraphQL)

Graph databases

Event-driven architectures

Cloud infrastructure (AWS)

Microservices architectures

Secure coding practices

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Neo4j

AWS Neptune

NATS

Job description

A technology company in Washington seeks a skilled backend developer to advance national security capabilities. The role involves building scalable systems using Go and requires 5+ years of experience in software development. Candidates should have experience with graph databases, event-driven architectures, and cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS. The ideal candidate is excited by impactful work in defense and security and possesses a solid foundation in secure coding practices. Join us to build critical technology for national defense.