Golang Backend Software Engineer

We’re looking for a Go Backend Software Engineer to help design, build, and operate backend services and infrastructure APIs for a large‑scale, sovereign cloud platform. You’ll work across cloud‑native distributed systems, Kubernetes, databases, and CI/CD tooling to ensure a secure, scalable, and highly available environment.

Freelance cooperation

Requirements:

• Extensive hands-on experience with Go (Golang) development.

• Proven track record of building and maintaining high-performance, large-scale APIs or microservices.

• Strong knowledge of distributed architectures, concurrency, networking principles, and database concepts.

• Practical experience with Kubernetes, containerized environments, monitoring/observability solutions, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve performance, stability, and production-related issues.

• Good communication skills in English; German language skills are an advantage.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with integrating AI-powered tools into everyday development processes.

Key responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain scalable backend applications using Go.

• Continuously enhance the performance, reliability, and maintainability of existing systems.

• Design and implement APIs while enabling seamless communication across distributed services.

• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and technical decision-making to ensure high-quality solutions.

Originally posted on Himalayas