Senior Golang Architect

Principal Engineer - GoLang / Senior Staff Engineer - GoLang Architect

A seasoned and highly skilled Principal GoLang Engineer / Architect with 12–15+ years of overall software engineering experience and deep expertise in building distributed, scalable systems using GoLang. This individual will play a critical leadership & implementation role in designing and architecting backend systems, services, guiding technology decisions, and driving modern engineering practices within our environment. You will also act as a technical subject matter expert and mentor, collaborating with cross-functional teams to elevate engineering excellence across the organization.

Responsibilities:

Architecture and Design

• Architect and design scalable, maintainable, and secure backend systems using GoLang and cloud-native technologies.
• Drive the adoption of best practices in microservices design and RESTful API development.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies, tools, and frameworks in line with enterprise architecture goals.

Cloud and Infrastructure Engineering

• Lead Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices and cloud-native deployments primarily on AWS.
• Design resilient and cost-effective cloud architectures, ensuring high availability and scalability.
• Implement robust automation using PowerShell, Shell scripting, and cloud automation tools.

DevOps and Toolchain Optimization

• Define and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD, TeamCity, and Artifactory.
• Champion end-to-end DevSecOps practices integrating quality, security, and monitoring into delivery pipelines.

Containerization and Orchestration

• Lead the design and deployment of containerized solutions using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
• Ensure robust container security, performance, and maintainability standards.

Monitoring and Reliability Engineering

• Define observability standards using Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk.
• Work closely with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to implement automated

monitoring, alerting, and remediation strategies.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Serve as a GoLang subject matter expert (SME) and mentor for engineering teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across Product, Security, Operations, and Architecture teams to ensure alignment.
• Continuously improve engineering processes to enhance developer productivity and software delivery lifecycle.

Tools and Documentation

• Drive effective usage of tools like Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow for agile planning, documentation, and service management.

Qualifications:

• 12–15+ years of software development experience with at least 5+ years of experience in GoLang.
• Solid experience with microservices architecture, API lifecycle management, and event-driven systems.
• Proficiency in additional languages such as Python, Java, or Node.js is a plus.
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS services and Infrastructure-as-Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK).
• Expertise in modern DevOps toolchains and container orchestration platforms.
• Proven experience in driving architecture decisions in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and mentoring skills.
• GoLang, JavaScript, AWS, SQL, microservices, RESTful APIs, system design, CI/CD and architecture
• Source control and CI/CD: GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and Artifactors
• Containerisation: Docker and Kubernetes/EK
• Tools: Jira, Confluence and ServiceNo
• Monitoring: Grafana and Promotheus (optional for staff engineer)

Nice-to-have skills

• AWS Certification (Solutions Architect or similar level).
• Experience in regulated environments like banking or financial services.
• Exposure to service mesh technologies and advanced cloud networking.
• Familiarity with security compliance standards and frameworks (e.g., CIS, NIST, ISO).
• NodeJS, Strong scripting skills using PowerShell and Shell.