Golang Developer

Wisestep - Irvine, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Irvine, CA

About the position

The Golang Developer position at Wisestep-Inc is a long-term hybrid role based in Irvine, California. The primary focus of this role is to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems using Golang and Python, while also leveraging cloud-native applications and microservices on AWS. The developer will be responsible for building RESTful APIs, optimizing performance, and ensuring cloud security best practices are followed.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend systems using Golang and Python.
• Develop cloud-native applications and microservices on AWS Cloud, leveraging services such as Lambda, EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, and API Gateway.
• Build RESTful APIs and integrate third-party services to enhance the functionality of web applications and microservices.
• Write clean, efficient, and high-performance code for low-latency, high-availability cloud services.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using AWS tools like CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CloudFormation for seamless deployment of applications.
• Monitor, debug, and troubleshoot production systems in a cloud environment to ensure reliability and performance.
• Work closely with front-end developers, DevOps engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of back-end functionality with front-end user interfaces.
• Ensure best practices for security are followed in cloud architectures, including identity management, data encryption, and access control.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for software components, APIs, and infrastructure architecture.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of experience in Golang development and Python programming.
• Proficiency in Golang for backend services and API development.
• Strong experience with Python for automation, scripting, or application development.
• Expertise in developing, deploying, and managing applications on AWS Cloud (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS, API Gateway, etc.).
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with serverless architectures and AWS services like AWS Lambda.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and GraphQL (optional).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Experience with version control tools like Git and collaboration platforms such as GitHub or GitLab.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with event-driven architecture and message brokers like Kafka or AWS SNS/SQS.
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or AWS CloudWatch for tracking performance and maintaining uptime.
• Exposure to DevOps principles and cloud-native operational patterns.
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB, as well as relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL).