Senior Software Engineer (Golang)

At Sytac, we build high-performing engineering teams for leading organizations. We combine technical craftsmanship with a pragmatic, hands-on culture giving engineers the autonomy to design, automate, and scale impactful platforms that support thousands of developers.

For one of our key clients in the Netherlands, we are looking for a Go Developer – CI/CD Platform Team who wants to build the platform that thousands of engineers depend on every day. This isn't a support role, you'll be designing and owning the microservices that power self-service onboarding, service discovery, and CI/CD automation for an engineering organisation of ~3,000 people.

What you’ll do

• Design, build, implement, and maintain microservices in Go with a focus on the DSSP platform and its integrations with CI/CD tooling.
• Work with frameworks such as gin, uber-zap, httpmock, mockery, and others to build clean, testable, production-grade services.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and technical improvements that shape the long-term direction of the platform.
• Ensure code quality through testing, code reviews, and engineering best practices, you raise the bar, not just meet it.
• Support and improve CI/CD pipelines and automation across a complex, enterprise-scale toolstack.
• Identify and resolve performance and reliability issues in distributed backend services.
• Collaborate with engineers, product owners, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions with real impact.
• Strengthen Go knowledge and development capacity within the team.

What we’re looking for

• 3–5 years of experience in software development, with Go (Golang) as your primary language.
• Strong experience building and maintaining backend API services, you think in contracts, reliability, and scalability.
• Familiarity with Go frameworks such as gin, uber-zap, httpmock, and mockery is highly desirable.
• Understanding of OAuth implementation for backend APIs is a plus.
• A solid foundation in infrastructure, with scripting experience (shell) and familiarity with Python or Java alongside Go.
• A systematic, structured approach to problem-solving, you dig into root causes, not just symptoms.
• Collaborative by default, you communicate openly, review others' code constructively, and help your teammates grow.
• Curious and adaptable, eager to understand the full CI/CD platform and the 3,000 developers who rely on it.
• Strong English. NL residency: expats already living and working in the Netherlands are very welcome. We are not offering relocation or sponsorship for this role.

Nice to have

• Understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Experience with REST APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and container technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience with monitoring, observability tooling, and security/compliance best practices.

Life at Sytac

Working at Sytac means joining a community that prioritizes your growth. Our standard benefits package is designed for flexibility, learning, and adventure:

• Unlimited Growth Days: Enjoy unlimited paid days off for professional development and Sytac activities! 📚
• The Best Gear: Pick a private laptop (<€4,000) with 50% paid by us, plus an extra tech budget. 💻
• Invest in You: A €2,400 annual growth budget for training and conferences. 🌿
• Future Proof: We contribute 3.75% to your pension.
• Legendary Trips: Join our annual ski trips, beach BBQs, and epic parties! ⛷️