Go Developer | Express.js Expert, Flexible Hours

Aetna; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 83,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Aetna, based in Dallas, TX, is seeking a Go Developer fluent in Express.js to own high-availability platform projects. You will ship backend services, integrate MongoDB and Redis, and steer infra through code.

This role offers salary range $83,000–$121,000 with flexible hours, mentorship, and benefits as the team scales in Dallas.

You’ll collaborate across teams to turn napkin ideas into production-ready prototypes and keep Terraform CI fast and resilient.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building high-availability Go services.
• Fluent in Express.js and Node.js ecosystems.
• Experience with Redis and MongoDB data stores.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, team-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead Redis design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Dallas, TX builds them
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Replace the brittle Terraform hack with a Collaboration solution that survives Dallas scale
• Translate a napkin idea from Aetna founders into a MongoDB values-led prototype
• Keep Aetna's Terraform CI under ten minutes so Dallas, TX engineers stay in flow

Skills

Go

Express.js

Redis

MongoDB

Terraform

Tools

Terraform

MongoDB

Job description

Aetna, based in Dallas, TX, is seeking a Go Developer fluent in Express.js to own high-availability platform projects. You will ship backend services, integrate MongoDB and Redis, and steer infra through code.

This role offers salary range $83,000–$121,000 with flexible hours, mentorship, and benefits as the team scales in Dallas.

You’ll collaborate across teams to turn napkin ideas into production-ready prototypes and keep Terraform CI fast and resilient.