
Golang Developer
Responsibilities:
• Take on complex problems that span multiple components and teams.
• Independently own one or more multiple modules, which include: requirement analysis, design, development, maintenance & support
• Write extensive, efficient code to address complex modules that handle the interaction between multiple components.
• Rapidly iterate to add new functionalities and solves complex problems with simple and intuitive solutions
• Produce architecture with clean interfaces, that are efficient and scalable
• Participate and contribute to architectural discussions
• Solve production issues. Investigate and provide solutions to minimize the business impact due to the outage
• Continuously improve performance metrics of modules you own.
• Collaborate effectively across teams to solve problems, execute and deliver results
Requirements:
• Experience: 3+ years
• A Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science
• Software engineering and product delivery experience, with a strong background in algorithms
• Experience in architecting & building real-time, large-scale e-commerce applications
• Experience with high-performance websites catering to millions of daily traffic is a plus
• Excellent command over Data Structures and Algorithms
• Experience with web technologies, Go/Java/Python
• Language: GO or Python
• Strong expertise in DS and Algo
• Strong leadership skills - have experience mentoring, building products from scratch or incumbent in design and architecture.
• Have worked in the scaling of the system right from scratch.
• Someone worked in small user base to a large user base and wrote optimized code
• Both HLD and LLD

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Technical Skills Required
- ** Core Java 8+**, OOP, Collections, Multithreading
- ** Spring Boot**, Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA
- ** Spring Batch** (Job/Step configuration, Tasklets, Readers/Writers, partitioning)
- ** Microservices** (REST, API Gateway, service discovery, resilience patterns)
- ** Design Patterns** (Factory, Singleton, Adapter, Strategy, Builder, Observer, etc.)
- ** Databases:** MySQL/PostgreSQL/Oracle, MongoDB (optional)
- ** Messaging:** Kafka / RabbitMQ (preferred)
- ** Build tools:** Maven/Gradle
- ** CI/CD:** Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar
- ** Cloud:** AWS / Azure / GCP (optional but preferred)
- ** Testing:** JUnit, Mockito
Role Summary:
We are looking for a hands-on Java Solution Architect to design and lead scalable, secure, event-driven platforms. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Java/Spring Boot microservices, Kafka, Redis/KeyDB, and open-source databases (Cassandra, PostgreSQL), with experience building high-throughput, low-latency systems.
Experience- 10+yrs
Key Responsibilities
- Architecture & Design
- Define service boundaries using DDD; create service contracts and API specifications.
- Design Kafka-based event flows (topics, partitions, retention, DLQs, idempotency).
- Choose fit-for-purpose storage (Cassandra vs PostgreSQL) for workloads:
- Cassandra for time-series, high write throughput, and horizontal scaling.
- PostgreSQL for transactional integrity, complex joins, and reporting.
- Engineer caching strategies using Redis/KeyDB (read-through/write-through, TTL, eviction).
- Establish NFRs (performance, availability, RPO/RTO) and capacity planning.
- Security & Compliance
- Implement OAuth2/OIDC, mTLS, token-based auth, key rotation, encryption at rest/in transit.
- Work with InfoSec/AppSec for threat modeling, VAPT, secure SDLC integration.
- DevOps & Observability
- Drive CI/CD pipelines (blue/green/canary), container orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Define SLOs/SLIs; implement metrics, logs, traces; promote proactive alerting.
- Governance & Standards
- Publish architecture guidelines, coding standards, and API governance (versioning, deprecation).
- Champion documentation (ADR, sequence diagrams, data flow, runbooks).
- Mentoring & Leadership
- Coach engineers; conduct design/code reviews; lead PoCs and migrations.
- Collaborate with Product/Delivery to align scope, timelines, and risk mitigation.
Required Technical Skills (Deep Expertise)
- Java: Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, reactive programming (WebFlux).
- Microservices: API Gateway, service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), resilience (Resilience4j).
- Kafka: Kafka Connect, Streams, consumer lag management, schema registry (Avro/JSON).
- Redis/KeyDB: Cluster configuration, HA, persistence (AOF/RDB), pub/sub and streams.
- Databases:
- Cassandra: Data modeling (partition keys, clustering), consistency levels, compaction strategies.
- PostgreSQL: Indexing strategies, partitioning, query planning, isolation levels, VACUUM.
- Cloud & Infra: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm/Terraform; AWS/Azure/GCP (EKS/AKS/GKE).
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, OpenTelemetry.
- Security: JWT, mTLS, secrets management (Vault/KMS), OWASP Top 10, compliance-aware design.
Soft Skills
- Strong stakeholder communication; ability to simplify complex technical decisions.
- Ownership mindset; risk identification and mitigation.
- Mentorship; collaborative leadership across cross-functional teams.
Senior Software Engineer
Gocomet
**Desired Candidate**
- The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a senior developer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products.
- You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills.
**Responsibilities**
- Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
- Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements
- Own and complete full projects beginning with identifying and communicating the problems to be solved, getting and incorporating feedback on proposed architectural solutions, and making a final decision as the owner of a project.
- Show curiosity to not only learn new things but fully understand how they work
- Be highly productive - have a reputation for getting things done quickly and efficiently
- Be a mentor for other engineers
- Deconstruct a problem into an executable action plan for themselves and other engineers - also perform them in a high-quality way without issue
- Set and maintain high individual and team expectations
- Actively participate in frequent code/design/architecture reviews
- Be able to communicate well with all engineers regardless of seniority
- Generate support for a company/team decision
**Requirements**
- At least 2 years experience in Development with extensive experience using Ruby/Golang/Python/Nodejs.
- Excellent understanding of Object Oriented Programming
- Ability to self-manage and work autonomously in a collaborative environment
- A focus on detail including around automated tests and documenting your code
- An agile mindset and the ability to adapt to changing priorities and requirements
- Good in analyzing and solving problems
- Passionate to work in a start-up
**What you will get**
- Product ownership - take autonomy over core products & product features
- Be a part of early tech team
- Stock options
**Our stack**
Microservice Architecture, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Ruby on Rails, ReactJs, Nodejs, Jenkins, RabbitMQ, Flutter, Apache Kafka
Our continuous releases are integrated with Jenkins, Bitbucket & Kubernetes. On the frontend, we use React for the views, organize the data flow with Flux architecture, and test our application with RSpec.
On the backend, we're a Rails shop (ROR) riding on AWS/GCP and Postgres RDS.
Working Days: 5 (Saturday and all Sunday’s off).
Why GoComet?
About GoComet (www.gocomet.com)
GoComet - our Logistics Resource Management (LRM) SaaS platform leverages the combined power of data science and machine intelligence. It facilitates sharp reverse auctions bringing out the best possible end to end rates for shipments, saves time, optimises operations, and increases deal transparency and efficiencies for enterprises’ freight procurement processes.
Owing to our growing impact and potential, the Singapore Government (SGInnovate) is now backing us as an investor. Also, our global customers (including Fortune 500 Conglomerates) like Schaeffler, Glenmark, Sun Pharma, Polyplex, Indorama Ventures - trust, and recommend us.
Besides, we were also recently mentioned in the Gartner Visibility Guide.
Position Overview:
We seek a talented and experienced professional to serve as the Head of Engineering and a Senior Backend Developer with expertise in Go (Golang). In this dual role, you will lead our engineering team and contribute hands-on to developing our B2B SaaS platform, which aims to revolutionize blue-collar worker training in India. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, set engineering standards, and ensure the successful execution of our technology initiatives.
As Head of Engineering:
- Oversee the recruitment, mentoring, and performance management of engineering team members.
- Define and maintain engineering best practices, coding standards, and development methodologies.
- Manage project timelines, resources, and budgets
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering team.
- Drive technical decisions and architecture discussions to ensure scalability, security, and maintainability.
As Senior Backend Developer (Go):
- Design the architecture and implement high-performance, scalable, and reliable backend services in Go.
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code while ensuring the security and integrity of the platform.
- Optimize and fine-tune the backend components for maximum speed and scalability.
- Develop and maintain RESTful APIs for seamless integration with frontend and external systems.
- Implement asynchronous programming and event-driven architecture for handling concurrent requests efficiently.
- Work on data modelling and integration with databases for data storage and retrieval.
- Write unit tests and perform code reviews to maintain code quality and ensure robustness.
standing of Java and the different frameworks like Spring, etc., and have experience working on Cloud and Containers.
The Developer will perform duties and tasks to support a complete life cycle management (example: Analysis, Technical
Requirements, Design, Coding, Testing and implementation of Systems, etc.).
The Developer will work closely with the Product and Technical teams across different regions primarily Europe and will
be part of an Agile Team. The role includes research and Continuous Development of new Products based on new Tech-
nologies. This position collaborates with the operations team routinely and henceforth excellent English communication
skills (bothwritten and verbal) are essential.
A clean coder who will always leave the code in better shape than they found it.
A curious person who never stops learning and loves to try new things, even when theydon’t succeed on the
first try
A team-oriented developer with the motivation to bring out the best in others
A person who shares our appreciation for transparency and is willing to share theirexperience and knowledge
for the benefit of the team
Someone who is willing to take a stand for something they believe in.
Somebody that takes pride in their work and knows that development is a craftsmanship
Duties & Responsibilities
Conducts systems and requirements analysis, creates and contributes to task lists, cost and time analysis
Performs assigned functions and tasks to meet project plan and quality review requirements.
Raises issues as appropriate to support effective resolutions.
Analyzes specifications and user requirements to perform assigned applications development work.
Assists with system and componentdesigns to meet requirements.
Participates and documents design and code reviews to improve quality.
Analyzes, designs, codes, tests, and documents to develop application software.
Develops unit tests and unit test plans to deliver quality code.
Performs applications maintenance and support functions to support problem resolution.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or IT related field
• 4-7 years of experience working across different product domains in a product development/engineering role
• Good communication skills necessary to manage business requests and work with different teams across differ-
ent geographies and time-zones; experience working with remote and distributed teams will be an added ad-
vantage
• Hands-on working knowledge and experience is requiredin:
a. Java (Spring, Spring Boot, etc.)
b. Experience working in GCP or AWS or Azure
c. Experience working in Containers & Unix Platforms
d. Relational Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL, etc.)
e. Messaging (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Kafka etc.)
f. Agile Methodologies (Scrum, TDD, BDD, etc.)
g. Understanding of Microservices Architecture, Domain Driver Design, Test Driven Development and
Secure Design patterns and architecture is a must
h. Data Structures and Algorithms using Java or other Programing Languages
i. Strong organizational skills
j. Agile Methodologies (Scrum, TDD, BDD, etc.)
• Experience with several of the following tools/technologies is desirable:
a. GIT (Bit Bucket, Gitlab, etc.), Jira, Gradle, Maven, Jenkins, SharePoint, Eclipse/IntelliJ.
b. Multiple Java technologies around Spring, Spring Bootetc.
c. Design Patterns and implementing the Design Patterns
d. Development of Complex Application and System Architectures
e. NoSQL Databases (Redis, Mongo, etc.)
f. Experience working with CI/CD pipelines with for example GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of the following technologies is a plus:
a. Other Programming Languages (NodeJS, etc.)
b. Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Tools like Jenkins, Git, etc.
c. Application Servers like Tomcat, etc.
d. HTML5, CSS, AJAX, React
e. Full stack development
f. Secure Development based on OWASP standards
• Architect, develop and maintain highly scalable, reliable and secure distributed backend
systems on Cloud (AWS or Azure) or on-premises environments for Mihup, its customers
and partners.
• Work closely with your fellow engineers to develop systems capable of concurrently
processing massive amounts of voice data both in online real-time as well as offline
environments.
• Drive accountability for test driven development, delivery of high-quality features and
resilient enterprise class solutions.
• Lead a culture of team ownership and direct individual and team accountability to
continuously improve how they work to achieve results.
• Work in a startup environment, pushing boundaries with deep involvement with business.
Requirements (what we are looking for)
The right person is better than the right set of experiences and these are the traits we’ve
identified make great additions to our team.
• BE//BTech/ME/MTech in Computer Science or a related field from a Tier I or Tier II
University.
• 6-8 years of hands-on software development and deployment experience (experience of
working in a consumer product startup during its growth phase will be a plus) of which 1
– 2 years of experience would be in leading a team of software developers.
• Expertise in Java 8+ and Spring Boot is a must
• Good experience in messaging platforms like RabbitMQ/Kafka
• Good experience in distributed systems and relational & NoSQL databases like
PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, etc.
• Expertise in one or more of: Java, NodeJS, GoLang, Python would be preferred
• Must have hands on experience in products which handle multiple concurrent calls (API),
handle CPU intensive jobs, consist of multiple asynchronous system calls.
• Worked on microservices based architecture and design
• Managed/ Owned infrastructure on AWS/Microsoft Azure/private clouds and setup high
availability systems
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs, caching concepts, the HTTP protocol and general web
architecture
Pluses
1. Anything that will let us know more about who you are that you would like to share such
as Blogs, Twitter, Medium, GitHub etc.
- 3 - 6 Years of Experience in Golang Development
- Understands requirements well and comes up with an efficient design
- Develops complex, well-backed and bug-free products.
- Estimates accurately.
- Takes well-reasoned tech decisions keeping in mind goals and trade-offs
- Become a go-to person in more than one area. Provide technical mentoring to team
- Communicates clearly, gets clarifications, and establishes expectations for all parties
- Helps establish SDLC best practices and high standards of code quality
- Demonstrates excellent problem solving & debugging skills
- Proactively identifies and resolves issues in requirements, design, and code
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- Solid experience in Golang is a must.
- Solid understanding of Apache Products.
- Should have experience in cloud computing (AWS is desired).
- Has an ability to quickly learn and contribute in multiple codebases
- Overcomes roadblocks and requires minimal oversight
- Takes initiatives to fix issues/tech debts before assigned to him/her
- Able to deep dive into the codebase and advise QA of possible regression impact
- Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks
- Has delivered projects with end-to-end accountability
- Keeps track of industry trends and introduces the right tech/ tools for a given job
- Excellent understanding of software engineering practices,
- Design Patterns, Data Structures, Algorithms
- Experience in product-driven organization
Basic Qualifications:
- 2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
- 1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
Additional Job requirements
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science/Math or equivalent
- BS in computer science or related field.
- 2+ years of relevant professional software development experience: designing, developing, and delivering software written in Java, C#, or C++, web development.
- Knowledgeable in object-oriented design patterns.
- Experience building highly scalable and distributed systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with service-oriented architecture and application/services development
- Passion for performance debugging and benchmarking
- Ability to clearly and concisely communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders across all levels of the organization
• 2+ years experience in application development
• experience with Python and Javascript is required.
• good knowledge of operating systems and networking concepts
• experience in using and understanding code from Open Source
• Strong command of NoSQL and ability to design schemas.
• Knowledge of front-end technologies such as React Native, React.js, or Javascript
• Experience with cloud infrastructure tools in AWS and Google Cloud
• experience with implementing best software engineering practices like version control with git, code reviews, writing unit-tests, writing readable code
• inclination towards researching new technologies and adapt them to solve challenges we face.
• Address all tech challenges and continue with tech innovation in order to improve business operations
• Experience with Live video stream a plus.
• Experience with AI preferred.










