Senior Staff Engineer - Golang Backend Lead (Remote)

SIDRAM TECHNOLOGIES; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

SIDRAM TECHNOLOGIES is seeking a Staff Engineer Digital Engineering to lead a backend team building scalable Golang microservices and REST APIs, deployed on AWS. The role focuses on technical leadership, Agile delivery, and driving modernization of enterprise web and mobile commerce systems.

You will mentor engineers, oversee CI/CD, and ensure secure authentication using OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, while migrating legacy Java/.NET components to Go and maintaining production reliability.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of backend software engineering experience.
• Golang (Go) production experience.
• Expertise in Microservices Architecture and REST API development.
• Strong AWS experience, Lambda and container-based deployments.
• Working experience with Java Spring Boot.
• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and API security.
• Technical leadership and Agile team management experience.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Redis, and Datadog.
• Familiarity with Jira and GitHub Copilot or other AI-assisted development tools.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend developers and QA engineers, driving Agile sprint planning, estimation, and delivery.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Golang microservices and REST APIs.
• Build and support AWS-based applications, including Lambda and containerized services.
• Maintain and troubleshoot existing Java Spring Boot APIs.
• Support migration of legacy .NET services to Golang.
• Implement secure API authentication using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and token-based security.
• Conduct code reviews, establish engineering standards, and mentor developers.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, production releases, and application monitoring.
• Provide L3 escalation support for critical production incidents.
• Utilize GitHub Copilot and other AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity.

Tools

GitLab CI/CD

Docker

Redis

Datadog

Jira

GitHub Copilot

Job description

SIDRAM TECHNOLOGIES is seeking a Staff Engineer Digital Engineering to lead a backend team building scalable Golang microservices and REST APIs, deployed on AWS. The role focuses on technical leadership, Agile delivery, and driving modernization of enterprise web and mobile commerce systems.

You will mentor engineers, oversee CI/CD, and ensure secure authentication using OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect, while migrating legacy Java/.NET components to Go and maintaining production reliability.