Golang Technical Lead

Centraprise; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Centraprise is seeking an experienced backend developer proficient in Golang to design and maintain high-performance applications. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience with AWS, API development, and relational as well as NoSQL databases.

This role involves building RESTful APIs, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and optimizing application performance. Strong problem-solving skills and excellent communication abilities are essential in collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Golang development.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS.
• Strong understanding of API development, JSON, and gRPC.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and high-performance backend applications using Golang.
• Build and manage RESTful APIs and microservices architecture.
• Leverage AWS services to deploy cloud-native applications.

Skills

Golang development

AWS

API development

Version control with Git

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Agile/Scrum

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Code Pipeline

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in Golang development.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS.
• Strong understanding of API development, JSON, and gRPC.
• Proficient in using Git and version control best practices.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB).
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum development processes.
• Strong problem-solving, debugging, and performance tuning skills.
• Good understanding of software design patterns and principles.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust, scalable, and high-performance backend applications using Golang.
• Build and manage RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and background workers.
• Leverage AWS services (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, ECS, CloudWatch, IAM, etc.) to deploy and monitor cloud-native applications.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Code Pipeline, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
• Optimize application performance and troubleshoot production issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (DevOps, QA, Product, etc.) to deliver quality software in agile environments.
• Write clean, maintainable code and conduct code reviews.
• Ensure cloud architecture is secure, scalable, and cost-optimized.
• Work with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Use infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation for provisioning AWS resources.