Backend Engineer (Golang)

This role is for one of Zepcruit's clients.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and own backend services using Golang
• Develop and maintain RESTful / gRPC APIs
• Take end-to-end ownership of features from design to production
• Build scalable systems that can evolve quickly as the product grows
• Work closely with product and frontend teams to rapidly ship features
• Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability of backend services
• Debug production issues and improve system resilience
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code
• Participate in architectural decisions as the product scales

Ideal Candidate:

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Golang
• Experience building APIs and backend services from scratch
• Solid understanding of databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)
• Good understanding of concurrency and performance in Go
• Familiarity with microservices or modular monolith architectures
• Comfortable working in an ambiguous, fast-paced startup environment
• Strong problem-solving skills and a sense of ownership

Nice to Have:

• Experience with AWS/GCP/Azure
• Hands-on experience with Docker and basic Kubernetes
• Experience with message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, etc.)
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows