Senior Software Engineer (Go)

Responsibilities

We are representing a confidential fintech organization seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Go) to join their engineering team on a fully remote basis. In this role, you will work on mature, high-volume services that form the backbone of a cloud-native payment platform, where reliability and operational excellence are critical every day.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing, building, and operating cloud-native microservices in Go that support real-time payment processing
• Building highly available, low-latency, and scalable systems that handle billions of payment requests with precision and resilience
• Taking full ownership of services from initial design and implementation through to deployment and production support
• Working with a mindset where cost-efficiency, observability, and operational excellence are core to development practices
• Collaborating closely with experienced engineers in a flat, autonomous team structure with a strong focus on code quality, simplicity, and continuous improvement
• Working with modern technologies including Golang, Kubernetes, CockroachDB, and NATS JetStream in a highly automated DevOps environment
• Solving complex engineering challenges across services that support real-time payment flows, high availability, fault tolerance, security, and performance within a microservice architecture
• Balancing delivery speed with the discipline required for mission-critical financial infrastructure

What We're Looking For

Our client is seeking an engineer with:

• Deep understanding of designing and building distributed systems
• Experience working on complex challenges within critical software where high performance and robustness are essential
• Familiarity with cloud and containerization technologies, test automation tools, and CI/CD pipelines
• Interest in owning projects end-to-end and supporting them as they go live in production
• Appreciation of clean code and software engineering best practices
• Strong experience with Go, along with a "right tool for the job" mentality
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach to knowledge sharing
• Experience with technologies such as AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, and related cloud-native tools
• Understanding of TDD/BDD, pair programming, and DevOps methodologies

How We Work With You

At Get A Job.ai, we streamline your path to this opportunity. Here's our process:

• Submit your application through getajob.ai
• Our talent team will conduct an initial screening call to understand your background and goals
• If there's a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration
• The client's interview process includes a take-home test, technical interview (potentially in two parts), and a team interview
• We support you throughout the entire process and provide feedback at each stage

Important: Please apply only through Get A Job.ai. Do not attempt to contact the client directly, as all applications must go through our recruitment process.

Pay

This is a remote position available to candidates in Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Pay information has not been provided for this listing. Our team will discuss compensation details with qualified candidates during the screening process.

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