Senior Golang Developer - Microservices Architecture (3-8 yrs)

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities :

- Work closely with business teams on the analysis to understand the requirements, translating complex business needs into technical specifications and solution designs.

- Be responsible for designing system architecture and application development for web applications, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

- Be responsible for coding, testing, and implementing web applications using Go/Golang.

- Develop features, functionality, and applications from end-to-end, working closely with product managers and other team members.

- Focus on the design and implementation of low-latency, high-availability, and high-performance applications critical for the FinTech domain.

- Implement robust code to maintain high levels of security and data protection, adhering to industry best practices and regulatory compliance within the FinTech sector.

- Proactively identify and address potential security vulnerabilities in the application.

- Demonstrate creativity and strong analytical skills in independently identifying practical approaches to develop innovative solutions for complex technical challenges.

- Contribute to technical discussions and architectural decisions, bringing new ideas and perspectives.

- Deliver features with high quality, on-time as per project plans and delivery commitments.

- Conduct thorough unit and integration testing to ensure the stability and reliability of developed solutions.

- Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and ensure adherence to coding standards.

- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including product managers, QA engineers, other developers, and DevOps.

- Share knowledge and best practices with team members, contributing to a culture of continuous learning.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).

- 3+ years of professional experience in developing web applications using Go/Golang.

- Proven experience in the FinTech domain is highly preferred, demonstrating an understanding of financial systems, security considerations, and compliance.

- Strong understanding of Go programming language principles, paradigms, and idioms.

- Experience with Go frameworks for web development (e.g., Gin, Echo, Fiber, Revel).
- Proficiency in designing and implementing RESTful APIs.

- Experience with database technologies, both relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL

(e.g., MongoDB, Redis).

- Familiarity with message queues/brokers (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS) is a plus.

- Understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems.

- Experience with version control systems (Git).

- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker,

Kubernetes) is a strong advantage.

- Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and secure coding practices.

- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills.

- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Good to Have :

- Experience with payment gateways, banking APIs, or other financial integrations.

- Knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React/Vue/Angular) for full-stack

perspective.

- Experience with CI/CD pipelines.

- Contributions to open-source Go projects