Senior Go Backend Engineer for FinTech Platform

EPAM Systems; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

HSA

FSAs

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

EAP

LinkedIn Learning

401(k)

Paid Time Off

Legal Plan

Identity Theft Protection

Accident Insurance

Employee Discounts

Pet Insurance

ESPP

Job summary

EPAM Systems in Menlo Park, CA is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join the Middle Office Core Platform Organization. You will design and build modules and features, focusing on scalable, reliable backend services using Go and modern cloud technologies.

You will engage in technical designs, collaborate with peers, and deliver high-quality code while maintaining a strong customer focus and deep domain knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a STEM Major (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant professional experience (or 5 years with a Master's degree, or 2 years with a PhD)
• Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design, Software Design Patterns, and clean coding principles
• Extensive hands-on experience and deep proficiency in Go (Golang) development
• Hands-on experience in microservices architecture and development, as well as relational and distributed databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL, Sybase)
• Preferred experience with Python scripting
• Preferred experience in ServiceMesh, Containers, and Kubernetes technologies
• Preferred hands-on experience building cloud-based software leveraging cloud and open-source technologies/frameworks
• Proven experience in building scalable, resilient, and highly available distributed systems
• Experience in assessing application performance and optimizing/improving it through design and best coding practices
• Expertise in core data structures and algorithms with the ability to implement them efficiently in Go
• Preferred understanding and experience with public cloud native services (e.g., AWS, Azure)
• Experience in Agile software development environments
• Strong problem-solving abilities with the capacity to clearly articulate complex technical topics and assignments
• Evangelizes how our technology solves customer problems from both a technical and business perspective
• Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work effectively through limited information and vague problem definitions
• Proactively identifies and addresses customer issues within the product lifecycle

Responsibilities

• Engage in technical discussions, participate in technical designs, and present technical ideas through whiteboarding
• Work closely with your peers, actively engaging in a fast-paced technical design and development team
• Execute in a fast-paced delivery mode with a sharp focus on delivering tasks to meet product release goals
• Maintain code quality through best practices, rigorous unit testing, and code quality automation
• Understand the overall product, its modules, and their interrelationships while serving as an expert in your assigned components or modules
• Help design interfaces and information exchange mechanisms between modules
• Possess advanced domain knowledge, demonstrate great customer focus, remain an expert in processes/methodologies, and stay skilled in build, release, and deployment processes
• Articulate the need for scalability and understand the importance of improving quality through comprehensive testing
• Write robust code that meets high standards and delivers desired functionality using Go and modern cloud technologies

Skills

Go/Bolang development

Microservices

Distributed systems

Object-Oriented analysis

Go (Golang)

Cloud technologies

Agile software

Problem solving

Public cloud services

Python scripting

ServiceMesh

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MySQL

Sybase

Go

Kubernetes

Containers

AWS

Azure

Job description

EPAM Systems in Menlo Park, CA is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join the Middle Office Core Platform Organization. You will design and build modules and features, focusing on scalable, reliable backend services using Go and modern cloud technologies.

You will engage in technical designs, collaborate with peers, and deliver high-quality code while maintaining a strong customer focus and deep domain knowledge.