Senior Cloud Go Engineer — AWS Backend & Microservices

Comcast Corporation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Comcast in Austin, TX is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud-native backend services and APIs using Go and AWS. You will build microservices, event-driven systems, and integrations with internal and external platforms, supporting IoT-enabled devices and cloud-connected services.

You’ll work with a collaborative team across engineering, product, and SRE to deliver production-ready software, participate in design reviews, implement tests, and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience developing backend applications, services, or distributed systems.
• Strong programming skills in Go (Golang) or another modern backend programming language, with the ability to develop and maintain production-quality Go services.
• Experience developing and operating cloud-native applications on AWS.
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs, microservices, and service-to-service integrations.
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts, including asynchronous processing, fault tolerance, scalability, and resiliency.
• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, or similar cloud technologies.
• Experience with NoSQL and/or relational databases, including data modeling and query optimization.
• Familiarity with automated testing, version control, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software development practices.
• Experience troubleshooting and supporting applications in production environments.
• Understanding of application security principles and secure software development practices.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to independently investigate and resolve technical challenges.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to work across engineering teams and contribute to technical discussions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain cloud-native backend services, APIs, and microservices using Go (Golang) and AWS technologies.
• Build and maintain integrations between internal services, external APIs, and third-party cloud platforms.
• Develop scalable, event-driven applications using asynchronous messaging, queues, and distributed processing patterns.
• Develop and maintain backend services that support connected devices, including device provisioning, state management, telemetry processing, and cloud-to-device communication.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, and engineering teams to define technical requirements, API contracts, data models, and service integration points.
• Translate functional and technical requirements into maintainable, well-tested software solutions.
• Design and implement solutions that emphasize scalability, reliability, performance, security, and operational efficiency.
• Develop automated unit and integration tests and contribute to CI/CD pipelines that support reliable and frequent deployments.
• Implement and maintain observability capabilities, including application metrics, structured logging, distributed tracing, dashboards, and alerting.
• Troubleshoot complex issues across distributed systems, identify root causes, and implement sustainable solutions.
• Maintain and modernize existing services, including framework upgrades, dependency management, technical debt reduction, and performance optimization.
• Apply secure software development practices, including authentication, authorization, encryption, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation.
• Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, and architectural evaluations to improve software quality and engineering practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration between services and platforms.
• Create and maintain technical documentation covering APIs, service architecture, integration contracts, and operational procedures.
• Participate in production support, incident investigation, and continuous improvement of platform reliability.
• Demonstrate ownership of assigned features and services, independently driving work from technical design through production deployment.
• Consistently exercise independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Go (Golang)

AWS

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Distributed Systems

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

AWS Lambda

SQS

SNS

DynamoDB

API Gateway

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Comcast in Austin, TX is seeking a Cloud Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable cloud-native backend services and APIs using Go and AWS. You will build microservices, event-driven systems, and integrations with internal and external platforms, supporting IoT-enabled devices and cloud-connected services.

You’ll work with a collaborative team across engineering, product, and SRE to deliver production-ready software, participate in design reviews, implement tests, and