Senior/Principal Golang Engineer (AI Agent)

Job Description

Join our innovative team as a Senior/Principal Backend Engineer and help shape the future of our integrated data platform. You’ll play a key role in architecting, developing, and scaling robust backend systems that power user-facing applications and advanced data/AI solutions used by millions. This is an exciting opportunity for engineers who are passionate about solving complex technical challenges at scale and thrive in a collaborative, cross-functional environment. You’ll work closely with skilled frontend, QA, and data engineers to deliver impactful and high-performance systems.

Responsibilities

• System Development: Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance mission-critical backend services, APIs, and data processing systems.

• API Engineering: Build clean, efficient, and scalable APIs for consumption by frontend applications and external/internal partners.

• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code that adheres to best practices and team standards.

• Cross-functional Collaboration:

  • Partner with frontend engineers to define API contracts and integrate server-side logic.

  • Collaborate with QA engineers to ensure system testability and maintain product quality.

  • Work with data engineers to define data integration and processing pipelines.

• Scalability & Performance: Identify performance bottlenecks, optimize system scalability and reliability, and ensure high availability under load.

• Mentorship: Share knowledge, support team growth, and mentor junior engineers on technical skills and engineering best practices.

Requirements

Technical Skills

Must Have:

• 5+ years of professional experience in backend web development.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Golang (or strong experience with Python and willingness to learn Golang).

• Proven expertise in designing, building, and consuming secure RESTful APIs.

• Solid experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL), including schema design and query optimization.

• Practical experience developing systems using cloud services on AWS, GCP, or Azure (preferably AWS).

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools.

• Familiarity with containerized development using Docker, and understanding of orchestration tools like Kubernetes.

• Strong knowledge of core computer science concepts: data structures, algorithms, software design principles, and engineering best practices.

• Experience with performance profiling, optimization, and system reliability enhancements.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with GraphQL API design or consumption.

• Background in developing data platforms, pipelines, or API-first systems.

• Experience with Go frameworks such as Gin or Echo.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform).

• Familiarity with frontend technologies (e.g., TypeScript, React).

• A proactive attitude and a sense of ownership for delivering high-quality features.

Communication

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with experience working in cross-functional teams.

• Enthusiastic about mentoring and supporting the growth of other engineers.

• High level of ownership and accountability.

• Business-level English proficiency (reading and writing required; conversational ability is a plus).