Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)

Shokworks — Colombia · Posted ~1 day ago

Senior Remote

Skills

Go AWS Microservices REST gRPC Docker PostgreSQL MongoDB RabbitMQ Kubernetes OpenAI Anthropic Gemini

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Summary

Join a fully remote engineering team developing high-performance backend platforms. Build cloud-native services, scalable APIs, distributed systems, and modern AI-enabled applications.

Highlights

Work remotely on scalable cloud-native systems, leverage modern AI-assisted development tools, and build distributed backend services.

Description

🚀 We're Hiring: Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) | Remote At Shokworks, we're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong Golang expertise to help build scalable, cloud-native applications used by clients across multiple industries. If you're passionate about backend architecture, distributed systems, AWS, and enjoy leveraging AI to build software faster and smarter, we'd love to hear from you. What You'll Do ✅ Design and develop high-performance backend services using Go (Golang). ✅ Build scalable microservices and RESTful/gRPC APIs. ✅ Develop cloud-native solutions on AWS. ✅ Design distributed systems and asynchronous workflows. ✅ Collaborate with cross-functional teams in a fully remote environment. What We're Looking For ✔️ Strong professional experience with Go (Golang). ✔️ Experience designing scalable backend architectures and microservices. ✔️ Strong knowledge of concurrency (goroutines, channels) and performance optimization. ✔️ Experience with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and data modeling. ✔️ Experience with RabbitMQ or other message brokers. ✔️ Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized applications. ✔️ Experience building and deploying applications on AWS (Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, SQS, IAM). ✔️ Experience with backend testing using Go's testing framework, Testify, GoMock, or similar tools. ✔️ Experience integrating AI capabilities into applications, including LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, etc.). Familiarity with RAG, AI Agents, MCP, or vector databases is a plus. ✔️ Comfortable using AI-powered developer tools such as Cursor, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar agentic IDEs to accelerate development while maintaining high code quality. ✔️ Experience with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native development is a plus. ✔️ Upper-Intermediate to Advanced English. 🌎 Location: Remote If you're interested—or know someone who might be a great fit—feel free to apply or share this opportunity with your network! #Hiring #RemoteJobs #Golang #GoDeveloper #BackendEngineer #AWS #Cloud #Microservices #DistributedSystems #AI #LLMs #SoftwareEngineering #TechJobs