Senior Go Developer
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What we know
Is it still open?
Confirmed still open
Last checked 10h ago — checked against the employer's own applicant tracking system, which is the company answering directly.
We re-read the employer's own applicant tracking system and the posting was still there. That is the company answering directly.
How old is it?
Posted 6d ago
The date the source published, not the day we noticed it (2026-10-07). Last seen at its source just now.
We have tracked this listing since 7 Oct 2026 (5 days). The employer's board dropped it once and re-listed it; it was last seen there just now.
Is it remote?
Marked remote on the employer's board
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Who may apply?
Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Honduras, El Salvador
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Pay not stated
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The listing
We are seeking a Senior Backend Developer with strong expertise in Go and Google Cloud Platform to build and scale backend services that power live event management, media processing, asset distribution, and hybrid edge-caching solutions. This role focuses on designing high-performance microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications that support mission-critical media workflows. The ideal candidate has deep backend engineering experience, strong cloud infrastructure knowledge, and excellent English communication skills for collaboration within a distributed team operating in the Central Time zone.
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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 live 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
At Devsu, we believe in creating an environment where you can thrive both personally and professionally. By joining our team, you’ll enjoy:
- Paid holidays (based on client calendar)
- 15 business days of vacation
- Health allowance
- Annual learning budget
- Company-provided computer
Join Devsu and discover a workplace that values your growth, supports your well-being, and empowers you to make a global impact.