Golang Lead
Persistent Systems · IT Services & Consulting
- PUNE
- On-site
- Posted today
- Software Engineering
About Position:
We are looking for an experienced Golang Lead to drive the design, development, and delivery of scalable, high-performance backend systems. The role requires strong expertise in Golang, distributed systems, microservices architecture, cloud-native technologies, and technical leadership. The ideal candidate will lead engineering teams, define solution architectures, mentor developers, and ensure successful delivery of enterprise-grade applications.
Role: Golang Lead
Location: Pune
Experience: 12+ Years
Job Type: Full Time Employment
What You'll Do:
We are seeking an experienced Development Lead to lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable backend services built using Golang.
The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, team mentoring, architecture ownership, and predictable product delivery across the software lifecycle.
The ideal candidate has strong expertise in distributed systems, microservices, cloud-native development, DevOps practices, and production-grade engineering.
The person should be comfortable translating business requirements into sound technical solutions and driving execution across cross-functional teams.
Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership Architecture Lead a team of backend developers and own end-to-end delivery of complex software capabilities.
Define solution architecture and design scalable, secure, resilient, and high-performance backend systems.
Drive technical decisions, design reviews, code reviews, proof-of-concepts, and engineering standards. Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, QA, DevOps, UX, and customer stakeholders to align scope, dependencies, and delivery outcomes.
Identify technical risks early and establish pragmatic mitigation plans. Backend Engineering Design and develop RESTful APIs, gRPC services, and backend components using Golang.
Build and maintain microservices and event-driven applications. Apply effective concurrency patterns using goroutines, channels, synchronization, context, and cancellation.
Optimize database design, query performance, caching, and data-processing workflows.
Troubleshoot complex production issues, lead root-cause analysis, and ensure corrective and preventive actions.
Delivery Engineering Governance Own technical planning, estimation, sprint commitments, and delivery execution.
Expertise You'll Bring:
Track technical dependencies, quality risks, non-functional requirements, and technical debt.
Drive CI/CD, test automation, observability, security scanning, and release-readiness practices.
Ensure compliance with coding, quality, security, performance, documentation, and review standards. Use engineering metrics to improve predictability, quality, and operational reliability.
People Leadership Mentor developers in system design, coding practices, debugging, and problem-solving.
Set clear expectations, provide timely feedback, and support capability and career development. Participate in hiring, technical interviews, onboarding, and competency development.
Promote a culture of ownership, collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous learning. Required Technical Skills Skill Area Expected Proficiency Golang Strong hands-on development; idiomatic Go; goroutines, channels, interfaces, context, error handling, profiling, memory management, and performance optimization.
API Services RESTful APIs, gRPC, service contracts, versioning, authentication, authorization, validation, and backward compatibility.
Architecture Microservices, distributed systems, event-driven architecture, domain-driven design, design patterns, resiliency, high availability, and scalability.
Data Stores Strong SQL skills with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or SQL Server; experience with Redis, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra, or equivalent NoSQL technologies.
Messaging Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, Azure Service Bus, AWS messaging services, or equivalent asynchronous integration platforms.
Cloud Containers AWS, Azure, or GCP; Docker; Kubernetes; configuration, secrets, deployment, and scaling practices. DevOps Quality Git, CI/CD, unit and integration testing, code quality gates, vulnerability scanning, infrastructure automation, and release management.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics & Telecommunication, Instrumentation Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Advanced degrees (M.Tech/MS) in Software Systems, Embedded Systems, Electronics, Instrumentation, or Computer Engineering are preferred.
Relevant certifications in Software Architecture, System Design, Embedded Systems, or Cloud Technologies will be an added advantage.
Benefits:
Competitive salary and benefits package
Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
Annual health check-ups
Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:
Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.
We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment
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