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Hiring Senior Golang Developer | Remote from Pakistan
About Client Company:
Europe based IT Firm that engages in software architecture and scalable engineering for growing product teams.
Role Overview – Senior Backend Engineer
You will be joining the Video Platform team within an OTT business vertical, building and scaling a video content platform used by over 100 million users with nearly 1 billion views. The team is responsible for delivering reliable, scalable, and high-performance backend systems that power video delivery, partner integrations, and publishing workflows.
This is a senior-level engineering role requiring strong backend engineering expertise, architectural thinking, and production experience. While the ideal experience range is 6–10 years, candidates with lower experience levels who demonstrate technical maturity and strong fundamentals are encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities:
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design, build, and operate backend systems that power large-scale video platforms. Your responsibilities include:
Building and continuously improving backend services using Go and Node.js in a microservices architecture Developing REST APIs and event-driven services using platforms such as AWS EventBridge, SQS, and RabbitMQ Writing high-performing, maintainable, well-structured, and well-tested code following SOLID principles Contributing to system design discussions and evolving service architecture using serverless and event-driven patterns Ensuring high availability, scalability, performance, and fault tolerance in production systems Working with databases including PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, and Redshift depending on service needs Deploying and operating services using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) on AWS Contributing to CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions for build and test and ArgoCD for deployment Using observability tools such as Honeycomb, Grafana, Prometheus, and CloudWatch to monitor, debug, and improve system behavior Partnering with DevOps and SRE teams to evolve infrastructure, deployment workflows, and operational practices using Terraform and GitOps patterns Working in a collaborative engineering culture following practices such as pair programming, mob programming, YAGNI, and Test-Driven Development Participating in on-call rotations and supporting production systems Contributing to organization-wide backend engineering efforts and knowledge sharing across teams
Requirements:
You bring strong backend engineering expertise with experience in cloud-native systems:
Strong proficiency in Go (Golang) and working knowledge of Node.js
Experience building distributed microservices and API-driven systems
Hands-on experience with REST APIs and event-driven backend systems
Solid experience working with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, and/or Redshift
Experience working with AWS and Kubernetes (EKS) in production environments
Exposure to Docker-based service development and deployment
Experience using Terraform for infrastructure management
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and ArgoCD
Experience operating and debugging systems using observability tools such as Honeycomb, Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch
Understanding of system reliability concepts including fault tolerance, monitoring, and performance optimization
Working experience with Extreme Programming practices
Strong problem-solving skills, ownership mindset, and curiosity
Interest in Machine Learning, NLP, and AI.
Other Details:
Location: Pakistan
Work Remote
Working Days: Monday to Friday
Working Timings: 12:00PM - 9:00PM
Salary in USD
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