Senior Golang Developer

Description

Summary: Seeking an experienced Senior Golang Developer to build and scale high-performance Go microservices, cloud-native architectures, and distributed systems for mission-critical media workflows. Highlights: 1. Work on high-performance Go microservices and distributed systems 2. Focus on live event management, media processing, and asset distribution 3. Collaborate on cloud-native architectures and complex media challenges We are looking for an experienced **Senior Golang Developer** to help build and scale the services powering live event management, media processing, asset distribution, and hybrid edge\-caching solutions. You will work on high\-performance **Go** microservices, cloud\-native architectures, and distributed systems that support mission\-critical media workflows. This role requires strong backend engineering fundamentals, hands\-on experience with Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, and event\-driven architectures, and an interest in solving complex media and streaming challenges at scale. **Responsibilities** * Design and build production Go microservices using gRPC, Protocol Buffers, and grpc\-gateway * Develop backend services that support live event lifecycle management and media workflow operations * Enhance hybrid media\-cache services that connect on\-prem file systems with Google Cloud Storage * Own features end to end from API design and protobuf schemas to deployment and operational support * Build event\-driven services with Pub/Sub, Cloud Tasks, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Workflows * Integrate services with Google Cloud media APIs including Live Stream API, Transcoder API, Video Intelligence, and Vision AI * Create unit, integration, load, and Critical User Journey tests to protect core workflows * Improve observability, monitoring, and performance to raise system reliability * Collaborate with DevOps on Kubernetes deployments, Helm, Terraform, Istio configuration, and GKE rollouts * Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and on\-call support for services you own **Requirements** * 5\+ years of professional backend development experience, including 3\+ years building production services in Go * Strong expertise with Go concurrency patterns, context\-aware programming, error handling, graceful shutdown, and service reliability * Strong API design skills with gRPC, Protocol Buffers, grpc\-gateway, and RESTful services * Hands\-on experience with cloud platforms and Google Cloud APIs for backend integrations * Strong backend engineering fundamentals for service reliability and performance * Upper\-Intermediate English proficiency (B2\) for collaboration and technical communication **Nice to have** * Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience * Familiarity with Google AIP API design conventions **We offer** * International projects with top brands * Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers * Healthcare benefits * Employee financial programs * Paid time off and sick leave * Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses * Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000\+ courses * Global career opportunities * Volunteer and community involvement opportunities * EPAM Employee Groups * Award\-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn