Summary
✨ AI‑Generated
A remote-first technology organization is seeking a hands-on Senior Golang Backend Engineer to own consumer-facing product capabilities. Relevant domains include payments, commerce, bookings, social features, gaming, onboarding, identity, and loyalty. Candidates need 5+ years of backend engineering experience, strong recent production Go experience, and solid knowledge of microservices, distributed systems, relational databases, Redis, and messaging platforms.
Highlights
Fully remote role across APAC; strong focus on recent production Go experience and direct ownership of consumer-facing features; opportunity to work on high-scale backend systems and modern distributed architectures.
Description
Location: Remote, APAC
Employment Type: Full-time
What We Need
We are looking for a hands-on Senior Golang Backend Engineer with strong recent Go experience and direct ownership of consumer-facing product features.
Relevant experience may include:
Payments, wallets, subscriptions, checkout, or refundsOrders, carts, bookings, delivery, or marketplacesChat, feeds, notifications, recommendations, or social featuresGaming, betting, matchmaking, rewards, or loyaltyUser onboarding, identity, accounts, or growth features
You should be able to explain the user journey, the backend feature you personally owned, and how you designed, shipped, and supported it in production.
Requirements
5+ years of backend engineering experienceStrong recent production experience with GolangDirect ownership of consumer-facing backend featuresStrong understanding of microservices and distributed systemsExperience with PostgreSQL or MySQLExperience with Redis and Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATSGood understanding of concurrency, idempotency, retries, rate limiting, consistency, and failure recoveryAble to own features from technical design through production supportStrong English communication and ability to work independently in a remote team
Responsibilities
Build scalable Golang services for consumer productsDesign APIs, data models, and asynchronous workflowsOwn features from technical design through release and monitoringImprove system performance, reliability, and maintainabilityTroubleshoot complex production issuesWork closely with product, frontend, mobile, and QA teamsParticipate in architecture discussions and code reviewsMentor other engineers when needed
Strong Advantages
Experience in gaming, poker, betting, fintech, payments, e-commerce, social, travel, or delivery productsExperience with real-time systems, WebSockets, or high-volume transaction processingExperience with wallets, ledgers, settlement, reconciliation, or virtual economiesTechnical leadership or cross-team project ownershipExperience with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar AI coding tools
Benefits
Fully remote with flexible working hoursCompetitive USD salary and quarterly bonusFive weeks of paid leave plus local public holidaysAnnual salary reviewEquipment and learning allowances
