Senior Software Engineer – Go (Fully Remote)

Software Mind; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Mind is seeking a senior backend engineer to join a small Scrum team building a LiveOps plugin platform for a global video-game commerce partner. You will design APIs, plugins, and platform contracts using Go, with a focus on scalability and reliability.

You will work with Kafka and Google Cloud, drive API design, concurrency patterns, and multi-tenancy, and mentor peers on code quality, testing, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend engineering experience.
• 3+ years of Go production experience.
• Distributed systems experience with Kafka and event-driven patterns.
• Strong Go concurrency, multi-tenancy, and API design skills.

Responsibilities

• Design plugin contracts including APIs, lifecycle, versioning and backward compatibility.
• Build scalable core platform services in Go and integrate with Kafka event hub.
• Set standards for code review, testing, CI/CD and mentorship.

Skills

Go programming

Go concurrency

API design

Distributed systems

Multi-tenancy

Kafka

Backend engineering

Tools

Kafka

Google Cloud

Job description

• Our client is a global video-game commerce company using Go, Kafka, and Google Cloud
• The aim is to build a new LiveOps plugin platform with a strict plugin interface
• You will work in a small Scrum team alongside the client's technical lead

Role – how you’ll contribute:

• Design plugin contracts including APIs, lifecycle, versioning and backward compatibility
• Build scalable core platform services in Go and integrate with Kafka event hub
• Set standards for code review, testing, CI/CD and mentorship

Qualifications – the experience you need:

• 5+ years backend engineering, 3+ years with Go in production
• Distributed systems experience with Kafka and event-driven patterns
• Strong Go concurrency, multi-tenancy, and API design skills

Software Mind

Software Mind develops solutions that make an impact for companies around the globe. It builds cross-functional engineering teams and fosters a culture of openness, respect, grit, and enjoyment.