Golang Developer

Location/Remote: Hybrid Remote in Alpharetta, GA 30005 (i.e., 3 days onsite/week)

Employment Type: 6-month W-2 contract to hire (will convert to perm / direct hire)

Compensation: up to $80/hour W-2 (depending on experience); salary up to ~ $155k/year

About the Role:

We’re seeking a Senior Golang Developer to support the buildout of new backend services for a cloud-native platform hosted on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You’ll play a critical role in designing, developing, and deploying microservices that are secure, scalable, and highly performant. This is a hands-on engineering role within a collaborative team that values clean code, infrastructure automation, and continuous delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement backend microservices using Go (Golang)
• Develop and deploy applications on GCP using services such as GKE, Cloud Run, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Build
• Write clean, testable, and efficient code following best practices
• Collaborate with DevOps and cloud engineers to build automated pipelines and infrastructure using Terraform and CI/CD tools
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and agile ceremonies
• Troubleshoot production issues and contribute to improving monitoring and observability (e.g., Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring)

Required Skills & Experience:

• 5+ years of software development experience, with strong proficiency in Go (Golang)
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Experience building and deploying containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes (GKE preferred)
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Cloud Build, GitLab CI/CD, or Jenkins
• Knowledge of Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, or related GCP services
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful APIs
• Solid experience working in Agile/Scrum teams

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Helm, Terraform, or Ansible
• Exposure to gRPC, protobuf, or other serialization protocols
• Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or GCP-native monitoring solutions