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Backend Engineer, Go
Location
Brazil
Posted
124 days ago
Salary
£350 - £500 / day
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Backend Engineer, Go
Raidiam
• Take end-to-end ownership of a critical Golang backend service, including bug fixing, small feature upgrades, and overall system health • Collaborate closely with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth integration and delivery • Diagnose and resolve production issues with urgency, while identifying root causes and proposing long-term improvements • Maintain and evolve the existing codebase: refactor legacy patterns, remove dead code, and improve test coverage • Work independently to identify and prioritize technical debt or inefficiencies without waiting for explicit instruction • Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to uphold quality and consistency across the team • Contribute to internal documentation that improves onboarding, debugging, and operational support • Help establish and uphold standards for code quality, development processes, release cycles, and branching strategies • Act as a mentor and provide support to junior team members, offering guidance and escalating issues when necessary
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience working in cross-functional teams on production-grade systems
- Strong hands-on experience with Go in backend development
- Experience working with MongoDB in production environments
- Exposure to cloud development (e.g., AWS, Azure) and deploying stateless services (e.g., Lambdas)
- Comfortable working in an established codebase: patching, upgrading, and refactoring with minimal supervision
- Familiarity with API/REST development using tools like OpenAPI or Swagger to support frontend-backend collaboration
- Solid understanding of code quality practices, including clean architecture, unit testing, and error handling
- Proactive mindset with the ability to identify and resolve issues independently
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability for the systems they maintain
Benefits
- Permanent WFH policy
- Competitive pay as a contractor
- Support for professional development and further studies for industry-standard qualifications
- A vibrant, exciting, and fast-paced environment fully supported by modern technology
- Opportunity to work alongside and learn from highly experienced industry professionals
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