Duration: 6 month + contract to hire

Location: Charlotte, NC or Pittsburgh, PA (onsite 3x a week)

Interview: In person in Charlotte, NC

Job Description:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Golang Developer with a strong background in building scalable, high-performance systems. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of overall software development experience, with 8+ years minimum required, and is actively developing Golang applications in their current role. This position involves hands-on design, development, and optimization of distributed systems, messaging workflows, and backend services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-quality, scalable backend services using Golang.
• Work within a microservices or distributed systems environment.
• Implement messaging patterns and integrations with various message brokers.
• Apply strong object-oriented development principles to build clean, reusable code.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve complex engineering problems.
• Optimize system performance, reliability, and maintainability.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience (minimum 8 years required).
• Strong, hands-on Golang development experience , must be CURRENTLY working with Golang in your present role.
• Prior Java development experience.
• Experience with messaging systems (e.g., message queues, brokers).
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming.
• Proven ability to work on and scale large, distributed systems.

Nice to Have

• Experience with C#
• RabbitMQ
• PostgreSQL
• Strong SQL skills
• Kafka or other streaming platforms