Senior Fullstack Platform Go Engineer

specialized; United States; On-site; USD 137,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Healthcare options

HSA contributions

Dental & Vision

401(k) matching

Life/Disability Insurance

Mental health resources

Paid time off

Career development & degree assistance

Fitness reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

Specialized in California is seeking a Senior Fullstack Platform Go Engineer to design and maintain scalable backend services, event-driven systems, and shared platform capabilities.

As part of the Integration Platform team, you will work with Go, AWS, Docker, and PostgreSQL/MySQL, delivering reliable data exchange, robust APIs, and observable services while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Experience with Golang, Java, or C++.
• Familiarity with evented systems.
• Strong REST API design knowledge.
• Strong web fundamentals.
• Experience with AWS services (API Gateway, Lambda, EventBridge, SQS/SNS, ECS).
• Working knowledge of Docker.
• Strong data modeling and RDBMS experience.
• Excellent at describing technical designs to technical or business audiences.
• Self-motivated and collaborative.
• Comfortable writing and testing production code.
• Experience with observability pillars.

Responsibilities

• Design distributed systems built from iteratively-shipped components.
• Contribute to an event system enabling loose coupling across services.
• Build tools to aid frontline support staff.
• Maintain a product registration system.
• Enhance integrations with Point of Sale systems for omni-channel strategy.
• Manage a CI/CD pipeline to deliver robust changes frequently.
• Design best-fit technical solutions in collaboration with teammates.
• Identify root causes and propose innovative solutions.

Skills

Golang

Java

C++

Event-driven systems

REST API design

AWS

Docker

RDBMS

Observability

Communication

Production code

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitHub Actions

Terraform

HTMX

Git

Job description

Senior Fullstack Platform Go Engineer

Summary

This role is part of the Global Tech team, responsible for building and maintaining scalable backend services, event-driven systems, and shared platform capabilities that support a wide range of digital products and internal business functions. As part of the Integration Platform team, this role will frequently interface with multiple engineering and business teams to enable reliable data exchange and system interoperability across the organization. The role requires experience with distributed system design and implementation, the Go programming language, and AWS infrastructure.

The ideal candidate has excellent communication skills and thrives in collaborative, cross-functional environments. They are eager to grow, have experience with Go or another statically-typed language, experience deploying services to AWS, and demonstrate strong curiosity in finding simple, effective solutions to complex problems. The candidate must work closely with peer development teams to provide thoughtful technical recommendations and drive alignment across systems.

How you will make a difference

• Provide clarity by designing distributed systems built from iteratively-shipped components
• Contribute to an event system which enables loose coupling across services
• Build simple tools to aid our frontline support staff
• Maintain a product registration system
• Continue to enhance and support our integrations with Point of Sale systems to serve our omni-channel strategy
• Manage a clean CI/CD pipeline to deliver robust changes frequentlyDesign best-fit technical solutions in collaboration with teammates
• Identify and understand root causes of existing problems and propose creative and innovative solutions

What you’ll need to win

• Experience with Golang , Java, or C+ +
• Familiarity with evented systems
• Strong fundamental knowledge of REST API design
• Strong in web fundamentals
• Familiar with AWS services such as API Gateway, Lambda, EventBridge , SQS/SNS, ECS
• Working knowledge of containers, specifically Docker
• Strong data modeling and RDBMS experience
• Excellence at describing technical designs appropriate to a technical or business audience
• Self‑motivated teammate who is communicative and collaborative
• Comfortable writing and testing your own code that goes to production
• Practiced at implementing and monitoring through the three pillars of observability

Preferred qualifications

• 8 + years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or comparable subject area)
• 4 + years of proven experience creating technical specifications / designs from business requirements
• 2 + years working with Golang or Java or C++
• 2 + years working with Postgres or MySQL (via SQL, not ORM)
• Experience of working on at-scale distributed systems
• Previous use of Github Actions and TerraformServer side rendered HTML, plain CSS, and minimal JavaScript
• Previous use of HTMX
• Comfortable with source code control and versioning tools (Git preferred)
• Experience with GitHub, Atlassian Confluence, JIRA, JIRA Service Desk, Slack, Dropbox and other collaboration tools

PAY

California Base Pay Range: ( $137,000 - $198,000 )

BENEFITS

As a full-time, regular teammate, you are eligible for the following benefits, beginning the first of the month following your start date.

Benefits include:

• Competitive pay with annual performance-based reviews for continued growth and recognition
• Comprehensive healthcare plan options, including PPO, EPO, HDHP, and HMO (acupuncture and physical therapy included)
• Health SavingsAccount(HSA)withemployerHSAcontributionswhenenrolledin from HDHP
• Dental and Vision plans
• 401(k) CompanyMatching up to $5,000 annually with immediate 100% vesting and administrative fees paid for by the company
• Company-paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program that provides access to individualized mental well‑being care
• Generous Vacation, Sick, Paid Holidays, and Volunteer Time Off
• 14 weeks of 100% paid leave for birthing parents and 8 weeks of 100% paid leave for non-birthing parents, plus a Specialized bike for your new baby
• Up to $9,000 annually in Career Development & Degree Assistance
• Up to $250 annually in Fitness & Wellness Reimbursement
• Industry Pro-Deal Discounts and Perks

For additional information on benefits and perks , please visit: https://benefits.specialized.com .

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