Location: Bangalore (Remote-Friendly)
About The Company
The hiring is for a top-tier, high-scale product company in the consumer internet space. The engineering team builds and maintains complex distributed systems that power millions of daily users, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and real-time operations.
About The Role
We are hiring experienced Golang Backend Engineers (SDE II) to join the StoreFront Engineering team. You will work on high-scale, real-time, API-driven backend services used by millions daily. The role requires strong ownership and the ability to build and optimize distributed, mission-critical systems end-to-end.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop scalable backend services using Golang
- Build high-performance REST APIs and microservices
- Work on distributed systems, caching, queues, and real-time data flows
- Ensure high standards of code quality, testing, and reliability
- Collaborate closely with product, design, and DevOps teams
- Drive ownership across the full development lifecycle
Must-Have Skills
- 35 years of hands-on experience with Golang
- Strong understanding of backend architecture & microservices
- Strong DSA skills (tested in interviews)
- Experience with Redis, Memcache, MySQL, Kafka
- Understanding of distributed systems & high-throughput platforms
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and ownership mindset
- Java background acceptable if transitioned into Go
- Bonus: Experience switching from Java to Go (migration, adaptation, or rewrite projects)
Ideal Background
- Experience in product-based, high-scale, or real-time platforms
- Exposure to event-driven architecture and cloud (AWS/GCP)
Skills: go,java,ownership,backend engineer,distributed systems,backend apis,microservices,architecture,go (golang)
