Senior Backend Developer Go / Platform

Job Title: Senior Backend Developer – Go / Platform

Key Skills: Go (Golang), GCP, Microservices, REST APIs, gRPC, Kubernetes, Docker, Distributed Systems, Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, NoSQL, Relational Databases, GitOps, DevOps

Experience: +7 years of experience.

Location: Costa Rica

Mode: Remote

We at Coforge are hiring Senior Backend Developer – Go / Platform (#19695) with the following skill set

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy high-performance, resilient, and scalable cloud-based systems for a cybersecurity platform.


• Lead software capabilities from concept to production, ensuring high quality and efficient delivery throughout the SDLC.


• Utilize Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to build and operate highly available backend systems.


• Identify and resolve system-level and component-level performance challenges.


• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Operations, and Platform Engineering.


• Integrate monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to improve reliability, performance, and system availability.


• Maintain high engineering standards through automated testing, CI/CD workflows, and best SDLC practices.


• Propose and design technical solutions aligned with product requirements and user stories.


• Participate in architecture discussions, technical design reviews, and code reviews.


• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers while promoting engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in backend engineering or distributed systems development.


• 4+ years of expert-level hands-on experience with Go (Golang).


• Strong expertise in microservices architecture, REST API development, and gRPC.


• Experience building and maintaining scalable cloud-native applications in GCP (preferred).


• Strong hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized environments.


• Experience with asynchronous messaging technologies such as Google Pub/Sub or Kafka.


• Strong knowledge of both relational and NoSQL databases.


• Experience writing unit tests, integration tests, and BDD-style tests.


• Strong system design capabilities; familiarity with UML and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) is desirable.


• Experience with GitOps, DevOps practices, CI/CD automation, and engineering tooling.


• Strong understanding of modern SDLC practices and experience working in agile teams.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Demonstrated experience scaling distributed and microservice-based systems in production.


• Ability to collaborate effectively across multiple stakeholders and technical teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Ruby.


• Experience building platform-level or mission-critical backend systems.


• Exposure to cybersecurity environments, cloud-native security, or distributed platform engineering.


• Strong mentoring skills and experience guiding engineering best practices.

Posted On: 29-5-2026

At Coforge, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.