Go Backend Engineer — Scalable Microservices

Cognizant; Big Beaver (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Magna is seeking a Back End Go Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs powering enterprise applications and digital platforms. You will collaborate with product managers, frontend developers, QA engineers, architects, and DevOps to deliver reliable software solutions.

This role focuses on building scalable microservices, secure systems, and high-performance services while adhering to best practices and documentation standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services and APIs using Go (Golang).
• Collaborate with product owners, software architects, frontend developers, QA engineers, and DevOps teams to deliver new features and enhancements.
• Develop scalable and maintainable microservices and distributed applications.
• Design and implement RESTful APIs, gRPC services, and event-driven integrations.
• Build secure, performant backend systems following architecture and standards.
• Write clean, well-documented code and participate in code reviews.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience

Tools

Go

REST APIs

gRPC

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

SQL databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MySQL)

NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB)

Kafka/RabbitMQ/Azure Service Bus

Git workflows

CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)

Azure/AWS/GCP

OpenAPI/Swagger

Terraform/Bicep

Job description

Magna is seeking a Back End Go Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs powering enterprise applications and digital platforms. You will collaborate with product managers, frontend developers, QA engineers, architects, and DevOps to deliver reliable software solutions.

This role focuses on building scalable microservices, secure systems, and high-performance services while adhering to best practices and documentation standards.