Job Description
Job Title: Go Platform Engineer
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Location: Jersey City, NJ 07310
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Employment Type: W2 Contract Only
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Experience Required: 5–7+ Years
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Interview Process: 2 Rounds
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- Round 1: Hands-on Technical Coding
- Round 2: Scenario-Based Interview
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Job Description
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- We are looking for a Senior Go Platform Engineer with strong hands-on GoLang development experience to build and maintain cloud foundation services and platform solutions for public cloud environments.
- The ideal candidate should have a strong software development and DevOps/SRE background, with expertise in GoLang, API development, multithreading concepts, and CI/CD practices. The role primarily focuses on backend API and platform development, with no UI or web development responsibilities.
- Candidates must demonstrate strong hands-on coding skills. Previous candidates have fallen short due to limited coding experience and a background focused more on infrastructure administration or SRE operations rather than software development.
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Required Skills & Qualifications
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- Strong hands-on experience with GoLang (Golang) development and coding.
- Experience developing and building APIs using GoLang.
- Strong understanding of multithreading and concurrency concepts.
- Experience working in DevOps/SRE environments.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, and IAM.
- Basic working knowledge of Kubernetes; Kubernetes experience is preferred.
- Experience building and supporting cloud foundation services and platform solutions.
- Strong software development background with the ability to write, troubleshoot, and optimize code.
- Experience working across the software development lifecycle.
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Nice-to-Have Skills
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- Experience with AWS, particularly Amazon EKS.
- Experience with Terraform.
- Python development experience.
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Additional Qualifications & Responsibilities
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- Strong expertise in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure technologies, architecture, and design techniques.
- Experience working across large-scale environments involving multiple operating systems and infrastructure platforms.
- Ability to contribute to large-scale enterprise programs and serve as a technical resource across teams.
- Multi-skilled with expertise across the software development lifecycle and associated tools.
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and the ability to contribute to and support Agile teams.
- Ability to mentor and coach others in at least one technical skill.
- Strong understanding of:
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
- Test-Driven Development (TDD).
- Cloud Development.
- Application resiliency and security.
- Ability to stay updated on emerging technologies and industry trends and apply them to support business objectives.
- Ability to influence the adoption of new technologies and best practices across engineering teams.
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Ideal Candidate Profile
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- A senior, hands-on GoLang engineer with strong API development and coding capabilities, supported by experience in DevOps/SRE and cloud environments. The candidate should be comfortable developing backend platform services, working with Kubernetes-based environments, and contributing to enterprise-scale cloud infrastructure initiatives.
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