Senior Golang (Payment domain)

Medium; Warsaw (IL); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global communications company is seeking a Senior Golang Engineer to design and implement a scalable public API gateway. The role offers remote work flexibility and involves architecting backend microservices, designing developer-friendly APIs, and optimizing systems for performance. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience in production Golang and a strong background in cloud-native systems. Excellent communication skills are a must.

Benefits

Competitive gross compensation

Remote work flexibility

Top-tier hardware

Continuous learning opportunities

Professional development coverage

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production Golang experience.
• Strong background in cloud-native systems.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build backend microservices for a new public API gateway.
• Design secure, reliable, and developer-friendly APIs.
• Optimize systems for high throughput and low latency processing.

Skills

Production Golang experience

Cloud-native systems

SQL/NoSQL databases

Strong communication skills

Tools

Golang

AWS

Kubernetes

MongoDB

Couchbase

Job description

Overview

Secure Global Money Transfers with Cutting-Edge Technology! We’re building a brand-new public API gateway to power seamless money transfers worldwide. As a Senior Golang Engineer on our new Public Gateway team, you’ll design and implement a highly available, scalable, and secure entry point for millions of global transactions. This is a greenfield project where you’ll have a direct impact on shaping the architecture, performance, and developer experience of our core platform.

What You'll Do

• Architect and build backend microservices for a new public API gateway from the ground up
• Design secure, reliable, and developer-friendly APIs
• Implement rate limiting, authentication, monitoring, and resilience patterns at scale
• Collaborate closely with platform, security, and product teams to define API standards
• Optimize systems for high throughput and low latency processing
• Take ownership across the full development lifecycle – from design to production operations

Tech Stack

• Backend: Golang
• Databases: MongoDB, Couchbase, distributed systems
• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, Kafka, SQS), Kubernetes, Prometheus/Grafana

We\'re Looking For

• 5+ years of production Golang experience (microservices, concurrency)
• Strong background in cloud-native systems (AWS, Kubernetes or other)
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and distributed systems
• Strong communication skills (English B2+)

It would be a plus

• Passion for infrastructure and observability
• Knowledge of fintech or designing public APIs

We are pleased to offer you:

• Remote work flexibility – work from anywhere as B2B contract with competitive gross compensation in USD
• If you are in Belarus and Moldova - there are perfect office spaces.
• Top-tier hardware to support your productivity.
• An exciting and challenging job with talented people around.
• Continuous learning and career growth opportunities.
• Coverage for professional development: training, seminars, and conferences.
• More perks for the Minsk and Chisinau office employees.
• Access to high-quality English lessons.

A few words about us

IDT Corporation is a global communications company founded in 1990 and headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. We are industry leaders in prepaid communication and payment services and one of the largest international voice carriers. We are listed on the NYSE, employ over 1800 people across 20 countries, and have over $1.5 billion in revenues.

We are not ”another big IT corporation”— we encourage and support in-house entrepreneurs in developing their ideas into business actions.

Our flagship brand, BOSS Revolution, offers Money Transfer, International Calling, and Mobile Top-Up services and supports IDT’s mission of enabling people to keep in touch and share resources with family and friends worldwide.