Senior Go Backend Engineer | Hybrid Cape Town

EQPLUS TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

EQPLUS TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD in Cape Town seeks an experienced Golang Developer to join a high-performing tech team. You will build scalable backend services and APIs, contribute to integrations, and work with modern cloud technologies in a hybrid model.

The role requires strong Go experience, RESTful API design, and solid testing practices, with a 12-month contract in a dynamic technology environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong commercial experience with Go / Golang
• Solid understanding of goroutines, channels, Go modules and Go tooling
• Experience developing and maintaining backend services and APIs
• Strong experience with RESTful APIs and system integrations
• Experience writing unit, integration and performance tests
• Strong SQL and/or NoSQL database experience
• Experience with database optimisation
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines
• Strong Git experience
• Understanding of secure coding practices
• Relevant Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field

Responsibilities

• Develop backend services and APIs in Go with focus on scalability and reliability
• Contribute to robust integrations and cloud-based deployments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement features and improve systems
• Write tests (unit/integration/performance) to ensure code quality
• Follow secure coding practices throughout the development lifecycle

Skills

Go / Golang

RESTful APIs

Unit/Integration/Performance testing

Secure coding practices

SQL and NoSQL databases

Education

Relevant Degree or Diploma in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

EQPLUS TECHNOLOGIES PTY LTD in Cape Town seeks an experienced Golang Developer to join a high-performing tech team. You will build scalable backend services and APIs, contribute to integrations, and work with modern cloud technologies in a hybrid model.

The role requires strong Go experience, RESTful API design, and solid testing practices, with a 12-month contract in a dynamic technology environment.