Senior Golang Developer

Job Title: Senior Golang Developer

Location: Toronto, Canada (Hybrid – 2 to 3 days onsite per week)

Experience Required: 3–5 years in Golang development

Job Type: Contract

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Senior Golang Developer to join our dynamic technology team in Toronto. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Golang development, with a focus on building scalable, event-driven applications. This role requires a hands-on engineer with experience working in hybrid cloud environments, integrating with event brokers, and delivering high-performance backend services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain efficient and scalable backend services using Golang.
• Work with event-driven architectures and integrate with brokers such as Solace, Kafka, SNS/SQS, or RabbitMQ.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architects, DevOps, QA, and product managers.
• Participate in code reviews and enforce best practices in software development.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across development, test, and production environments.
• Write unit tests, integration tests, and support CI/CD pipelines.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 3–5 years of hands-on Golang development experience in enterprise or cloud-native applications.
• Proven experience with Solace (preferred) or other brokers such as Kafka, Amazon SNS/SQS, or RabbitMQ.
• Strong understanding of microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and event streaming patterns.
• Proficient with version control systems such as Git.
• Experience with containerization tools like Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes is a plus.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) is desirable.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Nice to Have:

• Exposure to CI/CD tools and practices.
• Experience in financial services or regulated industries.
• Knowledge of performance tuning and application profiling.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field.