Semi-Senior/Senior Go Developer

About this role

We are seeking a Senior Backend Developer with strong expertise in Go and Google Cloud Platform to build and scale backend services that power live event management, media processing, asset distribution, and hybrid edge-caching solutions. This role focuses on designing high-performance microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications that support mission-critical media workflows. The ideal candidate has deep backend engineering experience, strong cloud infrastructure knowledge, and excellent English communication skills for collaboration within a distributed team operating in the Central Time zone.
Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain production-grade Go microservices using gRPC, Protocol Buffers, grpc-gateway, and REST APIs.

• Build backend services supporting live event lifecycle management, media ingestion, media inspection, asset export, and distribution workflows.

• Enhance and maintain hybrid media caching architectures integrating on-premise systems with Google Cloud Storage.

• Own features end-to-end, from API design and protobuf schemas to deployment, monitoring, and operational support.

• Develop event-driven solutions using Pub/Sub, Cloud Tasks, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Workflows.

• Integrate services with Google Cloud media products such as Live Stream API, Transcoder API, Video Intelligence, and Vision AI.

• Create and maintain unit, integration, load, and end-to-end tests to ensure platform reliability and performance.

• Improve observability, monitoring, scalability, and overall system reliability.

• Collaborate with DevOps teams on Kubernetes deployments, Helm charts, Terraform infrastructure, Istio configurations, and GKE rollouts.

• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, technical design reviews, and on-call support rotations.

Requirements

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5+ years of professional backend development experience.

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3+ years of hands-on experience building production applications in Go.

• Strong knowledge of Go concurrency patterns, context management, error handling, graceful shutdown, and service reliability.

• Experience designing APIs using gRPC, Protocol Buffers, grpc-gateway, and RESTful services.

• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform services, including:

• GKE

• Cloud Functions

• Cloud Workflows

• Pub/Sub

• Cloud Tasks

• Cloud Scheduler

• Cloud Storage

• Cloud SQL

• Secret Manager

• IAM and Service Accounts

• Experience deploying and operating applications in Kubernetes environments.

• Strong knowledge of Helm, Terraform, containerized deployments, and infrastructure as code.

• Working knowledge of Istio service mesh concepts, including traffic routing, authorization policies, and mTLS.

• Strong SQL skills with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL, including schema design, indexing, migrations, and query optimization.

• Experience with Redis, Memorystore, or similar caching technologies.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, or equivalent tools.

• Strong testing experience including unit, integration, end-to-end, and load testing.

• Experience with testing frameworks and tools such as Testify, GoMock, SQLMock, k6, Locust, or similar.

• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Cloud Trace, distributed tracing, and structured logging.

• Ability to troubleshoot performance issues and maintain services aligned with SLOs and reliability targets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Google AIP API design standards.

• Experience in live video streaming, media processing, content delivery, or media workflow platforms.

• Experience building large-scale distributed systems and event-driven architectures.

• Familiarity with hybrid cloud or edge-caching solutions.

Additional Requirements

• Advanced to excellent English communication skills.

• Availability to work within Central Time business hours.

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a remote environment.

Benefits
At Devsu, we believe in creating an environment where you can thrive both personally and professionally. By joining our team, you’ll enjoy:

• Paid holidays (based on client calendar)

• 15 business days of vacation

• Health allowance

• Annual learning budget

• Company-provided computer

Join Devsu and discover a workplace that values your growth, supports your well-being, and empowers you to make a global impact.
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