Senior Golang Engineer

About Skillfield

Skillfield is a specialist technology consultancy operating at the intersection of cyber, data, and AI. We partner with enterprise clients to protect, transform, and empower their organisations with forward-thinking solutions. Our reputation is built on outcomes, not effort.

The Opportunity

Contract - 6 months fixed term, with potential for extension

Hybrid - Melbourne

We’re seeking a Senior Golang Engineer with deep expertise in building high-performance, low latency systems to join our engineering team. This role is critical to delivering a specialised decoder capable of capturing and processing high-throughput UDP traffic and pushing it to Kafka with zero packet loss.

This is an exciting opportunity for a developer who thrives on performance challenges, understands the intricacies of Go’s concurrency model, and is passionate about writing efficient, production-grade code.

What You’ll Do

System Development & Performance Engineering

• Design and develop high-performance Golang applications for real-time UDP packet capture and Kafka integration.


• Write highly optimised, memory-efficient Go code with a focus on throughput and reliability.


• Ensure packet sequence integrity without relying on parallel threads.


• Implement robust observability using Open Telemetry and other monitoring tools.

Architecture & Collaboration

• Work within a microservices architecture, contributing to scalable and maintainable system design.


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architects, DevOps, and product stakeholders.


• Translate complex technical requirements into clean, performant implementations.

Best Practices & Innovation

• Apply deep knowledge of Go’s concurrency model (goroutines, channels, etc.) to solve real-time processing challenges.


• Avoid common pitfalls such as memory leaks, race conditions, and excessive garbage collection.


• Contribute to continuous improvement of development workflows and system observability.

What You’ll Bring

• Proven experience in Golang development for production systems.


• Strong command of Go’s performance tuning, memory management, and concurrency patterns.


• Recent hands-on experience with Go in high-throughput environments.


• Expertise in networking, async processing, and Kafka integration.


• Familiarity with Open Telemetry and observability best practices.


• Experience working in microservices-based architectures.


• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Please note successful candidates will be required to sign a general NDA and, where applicable, per project NDAs.

Why Join Skillfield?

• Be part of a team solving real-world, high-impact engineering challenges.


• Join a culture that values technical excellence, autonomy, and shared success.


• Enjoy flexibility, support, and performance-based recognition.

Ready to make a measurable impact?

Apply now and help us deliver impact that matters.