We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Golang Backend Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team at LTK. This role is critical in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems that power our innovative business solutions. The ideal candidate will leverage their expertise in Golang, PostgreSQL, and cloud infrastructure to build robust, secure, and high-performance backend applications. As a senior engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our backend architecture, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement and innovation.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Golang, ensuring high performance and reliability.
- Architect and implement secure, RESTful APIs that serve as the backbone for our applications, facilitating seamless data exchange in JSON format.
- Manage and optimize PostgreSQL databases, ensuring data integrity, performance tuning, and efficient query design.
- Deploy, monitor, and maintain cloud infrastructure on platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure, ensuring high availability and scalability.
- Utilize performance monitoring tools like Datadog to proactively identify and resolve system bottlenecks and ensure optimal application health.
- Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and other stakeholders to deliver high-quality features aligned with business goals.
- Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing, best practices, and continuous learning.
- Drive improvements in development processes, tooling, and technologies to enhance team productivity and product quality.
- Work with messaging systems such as Apache Kafka to build event-driven architectures that support real-time data processing and integration.
- Apply sound software engineering principles to design maintainable, testable, and extensible codebases.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and architectural decisions to uphold engineering standards and quality.
