Position: Golang Developer
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Work Model: Day 1 Onsite (3 Days Office / 2 Days Remote)
Employment Type: W2 Contract
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, and maintain applications and services using Go.
Build scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems and APIs.
Develop concurrent and distributed applications using goroutines, channels, and synchronization primitives.
Write clean, maintainable, reusable, and well-documented code.
Collaborate with software engineers, QA teams, product managers, and DevOps teams.
Participate in technical design discussions, architecture reviews, and code reviews.
Troubleshoot and resolve application, performance, and production issues.
Develop and maintain unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and monitoring solutions.
Optimize application performance, memory usage, and resource utilization.
Work with systems and services written in C or C++, where required.
Follow software development best practices and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
Required Qualifications
Strong proficiency in Go/Golang development.
Solid understanding of Go concepts, including concurrency, interfaces, error handling, memory management, and package design.
Experience developing RESTful APIs, microservices, or distributed applications.
Knowledge of software development lifecycle practices.
Proficiency with Git and version control systems.
Experience working with relational or NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or Redis.
Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to write reliable, testable, and production-ready code.
Good communication and collaboration skills.
Understanding of Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.
Desired Qualifications
Professional experience with C and/or C++.
Experience integrating Go applications with C/C++ libraries or services.
Knowledge of systems programming, operating systems, networking, or embedded software.
Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud.
Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized applications.
Knowledge of messaging systems such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATS.
Experience with performance profiling, optimization, and memory management.
Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry, or ELK.
Experience working in Agile or Scrum development environments.
Nice-to-Have
Experience contributing to open-source projects.
Familiarity with gRPC, protocol buffers, or other service-to-service communication technologies.
Knowledge of networking protocols and network programming.
Experience working with high-throughput or low-latency systems.
Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
Experience with automated build, release, and deployment processes.
Exposure to secure coding practices and application security principles.
Familiarity with profiling and debugging tools for Go, C, or C++.
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