Lead Backend Engineer (Golang)
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PragmatikeCloud Computing / AI
Ukraine, EMEA timezoneFull-TimeLead
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Job Details
- Languages
- Fluent English required
- Experience
- 5–6+ years of experience as a Senior or Lead Backend Engineer.
- Required Skills
- AWSDockerGCPJavaKubernetesAzureGoRESTful APIsJSON
Requirements
- 5–6+ years of experience as a Senior or Lead Backend Engineer.
- MS degree in Computer Science or a closely related technical field.
- Strong hands-on expertise in Go and/or Java (Go strongly preferred).
- Solid understanding of software design patterns, concurrency, and multi-threaded programming.
- Proven production experience with P2P architectures (mandatory).
- Strong knowledge of internet protocols and technologies (TCP/IP, HTTP, etc.).
- Experience with service-oriented architectures (REST, JSON, API design).
- Ability to design secure, well-structured RESTful APIs and understand their client-side implications.
- Deep understanding of Agile development principles and collaborative team environments.
- Strong communication skills and ability to influence technical direction.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable, distributed, server-side applications and microservices using Go.
- Build and optimize mission-critical backend software, with a strong focus on system programming, concurrency, and performance tuning.
- Design and implement robust peer-to-peer (P2P) communication systems (P2P experience is mandatory).
- Contribute to or build systems using libp2p or similar P2P frameworks.
- Ensure cross-platform compatibility and consistent application behavior across environments.
- Collaborate within an Agile/Scrum team, contributing to backlog refinement, risk identification, and dependency management.
- Produce clean, maintainable, and reusable code, following strong engineering standards.
- Optimize backend systems for performance, reliability, security, and fault tolerance.
- Establish and enhance backend infrastructure, including deployment pipelines, observability, and monitoring tooling.
- Work across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) and collaborate closely with infrastructure teams.
- Participate actively in the full application lifecycle, from design to production operations.
- Engage with product and design teams to deeply understand end-user and platform requirements.
- Conduct thorough code reviews, mentor other engineers, and raise overall backend engineering quality.
- Champion best engineering practices and a culture of high-quality software craftsmanship.
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