Senior Go Golang Engineer

Eitacies Inc; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech solutions company is seeking a Senior Go (Golang) Engineer for an onsite role in Phoenix, AZ. The ideal candidate will have solid backend engineering experience and hands-on Go development in production environments. Responsibilities include designing scalable backend services, developing high-throughput APIs, and optimizing performance in distributed systems. This long-term contract role emphasizes collaboration and maintaining high engineering standards.

Qualifications

• Solid backend engineering experience is required.
• Hands-on experience in Go (Golang) development in production systems.
• Strong SQL experience (PostgreSQL/MySQL) is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend services in Go.
• Develop high-throughput APIs and internal services.
• Optimize performance and reduce latency in distributed systems.

Skills

Go (Golang) development

Backend engineering

Building high-performance REST/gRPC APIs

Concurrency (goroutines, channels)

Microservices architecture

SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL)

Cloud environments (AWS)

CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

Overview

Senior Go (Golang) Engineer Onsite Phoenix, AZ Long term contract

Must Have

• Solid backend engineering experience
• Hands-on Go (Golang) development in production systems
• Strong experience building high-performance REST/gRPC APIs
• Solid understanding of concurrency (goroutines, channels)
• Experience with microservices architecture
• Strong SQL experience (PostgreSQL/MySQL)
• Experience working in cloud environments (AWS preferred)
• CI/CD exposure (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)
• Comfortable working in an enterprise-scale environment

Nice to Have

• Experience with distributed systems
• Exposure to Kafka or event-driven systems
• Docker & Kubernetes
• Experience in financial services domain
• Strong understanding of system design & scalability

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend services in Go
• Develop high-throughput APIs and internal services
• Optimize performance and reduce latency in distributed systems
• Participate in architecture discussions
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams
• Write clean, production-grade code
• Review PRs and maintain engineering standards