Senior Go Lang Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Health Savings Account

Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off

Employee Discounts

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer in California to drive product development within the Middle Office Core Platform Organization. You will design, implement, and maintain Go-based services and modern cloud components, delivering scalable, high‑quality software for financial products used across digital channels.

You will leverage strong OOAD, design patterns, and experience with microservices, databases, and cloud technologies to build robust systems and improve customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or STEM.
• 7+ years of relevant professional experience (or 5 years with a Master's, or 2 years with a PhD).
• Strong knowledge of OOAD, design patterns, and clean coding principles.
• Extensive Go (Golang) development experience.

Responsibilities

• Engage in technical discussions, participate in designs, and present ideas.
• Collaborate with peers in a fast-paced design and development team.
• Deliver tasks to meet product release goals with focus on quality.
• Write robust Go code and build modules/components using modern cloud technologies.
• Ensure scalability and performance through testing and best practices.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Microservices architecture

Relational databases

Distributed systems

Agile software development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

PostgreSQL

Oracle

MySQL

Sybase

Python scripting

Kubernetes

Cloud services (AWS/Azure)

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to join our Middle Office Core Platform Organization. This team owns systems, services, and initiatives to provide financial products to our customers across digital channels. This organization is responsible for building financial products, platform capabilities, and components that are used by millions of customers daily.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be working in the Middle Office Core Platform Organization to drive product development and modernization initiatives. You are a builder with a deep understanding of tools and technologies to build products that deliver business outcomes while keeping an absolute obsession with the customer experience. You will be responsible for designing and programming small modules or large components, as well as designing features and sets of features.

Req# 1068068964

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

Requirements

• 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

We offer

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability (Company Provided)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our clients, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi‑national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting‑edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.

Engineer the Future with a Career at EPAM

This posting includes a good faith range of the salary EPAM would reasonably expect to pay the selected candidate. The range provided reflects base salary only. Individual compensation offers within the range are based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: geographic location, experience, credentials, education, training; the demand for the role; and overall business and labor market considerations. Most candidates are hired at a salary within the range disclosed. Salary range: $130,000 - $150,000. In addition, the details highlighted in this job posting above are a general description of all other expected benefits and compensation for the position.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.

In accordance with the LA County Fair Chance Ordinance, you may find a copy of the Notice containing a summary of the Ordinance’s key provisions here: Concept FCO Posting 8 27 24 (lacounty.gov)

Applicants and Employees in Unincorporated Los Angeles County: The Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance (LAFCO) requires employers conducting criminal history checks for applicants or employees to state the job duties for which certain criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship. For this position, these job duties include: engaging with clients, employees, and other third‑parties (including the general public); accessing company and client information, IT systems and infrastructure, assets, property, and products, including proprietary coding, programs, applications, and data; and appropriately handling such information, including company and client confidential and personal information. For this reason, certain criminal history may result in the withdrawal of a condition offer of employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the LAFCO and the California Fair Chance Act.

EPAM welcomes all applicants and will consider qualified candidates with criminal history such as arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

EPAM will not provide new H-1B visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates with existing transferable H-1B status may be considered.