Backend Engineer, Golang – Decentralized Applications

Pragmatike

full-time

Posted on: 9/22/2025

Origin: • 🇮🇪 Ireland

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Mid-LevelSenior

AWSAzureCloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesMicroservicesTCP/IP

About the role

Design and develop scalable, distributed, server-side software applications and microservices
Develop and optimize mission-critical software with emphasis on system programming and performance tuning
Implement robust peer-to-peer (P2P) communication solutions; contribute to/build projects using libp2p or similar
Ensure cross-platform functionality and application compatibility
Collaborate within an Agile Scrum team to define and prioritize backlog items and identify risks/dependencies
Create clean, maintainable, and reusable code; conduct thorough code reviews and mentor other engineers
Optimize solutions for performance, reliability, and security
Establish and enhance infrastructure, including deployment pipelines and observability tools
Work with multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Participate actively in the application lifecycle management and engage with product and design teams

Minimum 5-6 years of experience as a Senior/Lead Backend Developer
MS degree in Computer Science or a closely related technical field
Demonstrated technical proficiency in Go and/or Java
P2P experience is a MUST; experience with libp2p or similar libraries
Strong understanding of design patterns and multi-threaded programming
Solid grasp of internet protocols and technologies: TCP/IP, HTTP, HTML, XML
Familiarity with service-oriented designs and methodologies: REST, JSON
Ability to build well-structured, secure RESTful APIs and understand client-side implications
Strong emphasis on system programming and performance tuning
Deep understanding of Agile development principles and the Agile Manifesto
English is mandatory; French is a plus
Strong experience with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) highly desirable
Hands-on experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and Docker (preferred)
Experience in infrastructure engineering and managing production environments (preferred)
Skilled in using tracing/logging systems to diagnose production issues (preferred)
Proven track record building large-scale, high-availability systems (preferred)