Semi-Senior/Senior Go Developer

Devsu

Senior Backend Developer specializing in Go and Google Cloud Platform for building high-performance microservices and cloud-native applications. Collaborate with distributed teams in the Central Time zone.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇪 PeruSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaGRPCKubernetesMicroservicesMySQLPostgresPrometheusRedisSQLTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

5+ years of professional backend development experience.
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 l**ive 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

Comp & perks

Paid holidays (based on client calendar)
15 business days of vacation
Health allowance
Annual learning budget
Company-provided computer

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Hard Skills & Tools

GogRPCProtocol BuffersREST APIsKubernetesHelmTerraformSQLRedisCI/CD

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcommunicationindependencecollaboration