Tech Lead/Sr Backend (Go) Developer
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Senior Backend Engineer and Tech Lead responsible for designing scalable RESTful architectures, developing Kubernetes Operators in Go, and managing containerized production environments with a focus on high availability and disaster recovery.
About this role
About the Role
We are looking for a unique Senior Backend Engineer who bridges the gap between powerful infrastructure and scalable, maintainable application architecture. You are as comfortable managing Kubernetes clusters as you are architecting complex server-side logic and ensuring long-term code health.
In this role, you will own the full lifecycle: designing robust RESTful architectures, orchestrating containers via Kubernetes, and building systems that are as resilient as they are efficient.
Key Responsibilities
You’ll create and develop Kubernetes Operators using Go & Operator SDK, implemented as microservices.
- End-to-End Development: Design and develop high-performance web applications with a focus on high availability architectures and disaster recovery scenarios.
- Infrastructure & Orchestration: Manage containerized environments using Kubernetes or Docker Swarm (including deployment, scaling, and health.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience in Backend development, with minimum 5 years of experience in Go.
- Experience as a Tech lead/Team lead.
- Hands-on production experience with Kubernetes.
- Experience using Go & Operator SDK
- Experience with AWS. (proven experience developing and maintaining operators for managing resources in AWS) Advantage
- Proficiency in modern server-side languages such as Node.js, Python or Rust.
- Experience with GCP or Azure.
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