Senior Golang Developer

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services using Golang.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other developers to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Optimize and enhance system performance and reliability.
• Implement best practices for coding, testing, and deployment.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing software.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to team knowledge sharing.

Candidate Attributes:

• Strong expertise in API development.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• 1–3 years of hands-on experience with Golang development.
• Proven experience in API design, development, and integration.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and RESTful services.
• Experience with databases (SQL or NoSQL such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.).
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or other containerization tools is a plus.
• Understanding of Git, CI/CD pipelines, and agile methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.

We're looking for a high-energy Java engineer to design and implement scalable microservices using Spring Boot. You'll collaborate across teams to deliver clean, efficient, and high-performance backend services.

🛠️ Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain RESTful services and microservices using Spring Boot
• Utilize OOP, Java Collections, Exception Handling, and method overloading/overriding in modern coding practices
• Build and optimize multithreaded systems (Threads, synchronization, wait(), notify(), yield()) for performance and scalability
• Write unit and integration tests (JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test) to ensure code quality
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (QA, DevOps, Product) through code reviews and feature planning
• Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecksJVM tuning, SQL/caching optimizations
• Adhere to coding standards, best practices, and participate in peer code review

🎯 Required Skills & Experience

• Strong Java fundamentals: OOP, Collections, Generics, Exception Handling
• Concurrency mastery: multithreading, synchronization primitives (wait(), notify(), yield())
• Spring Boot: solid experience building, testing, deploying REST APIs
• Microservices: design, inter-service communication, stateless service patterns
• Testing frameworks: JUnit, Mockito, Spring Test
• Performance tuning: profiling, optimization with JVM settings and database queries
• Tools & practices: Git, Maven/Gradle, CI/CD pipelines, Docker/Kubernetes (plus)
• Soft skills: strong problem-solving, collaboration, and effective communication

Job Summary:

As a Back-end Golang Developer, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining our back-end infrastructure and applications. You will be responsible for crafting scalable, secure, and robust APIs and products that meet our high standards of performance and reliability. Your expertise in Golang and profound understanding of software engineering principles will be critical in building solutions that drive our company's success.

Responsibilities:

● Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including front-end developers, product managers, and designers, to understand project requirements and contribute to technical discussions.

● Design, develop, and implement high-quality Golang-based back-end systems and applications, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.

● Create and maintain APIs that enable seamless integration with various platforms and services.

● Utilize best practices in software development, testing, version control, and deployment to ensure the delivery of top-notch products.

● Optimize existing code and database queries to improve overall system performance and response times.

● Conduct thorough code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members to maintain code quality and consistency.

● Implement security best practices in Golang development to safeguard sensitive data and prevent security vulnerabilities.

● Proficiently use Goroutines and Channels to handle concurrent operations and enhance system efficiency.

● Employ Go's built-in testing and benchmarking tools to ensure robustness and optimize performance.

● Implement caching strategies and data storage solutions tailored to specific project requirements.

● Develop RESTful APIs adhering to API design principles and standards.

● Implement logging and monitoring systems to facilitate efficient debugging and monitoring of applications.

● Integrate third-party libraries and APIs to enhance application functionality.

● Leverage Go's interfaces and struct composition to build modular and extensible codebases.

● Stay up-to-date with industry trends and advancements in Golang and related technologies, recommending suitable technologies and methodologies to enhance development processes.

● Mentor junior developers, sharing your expertise and providing guidance to help them grow professionally.

Qualifications:

● Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

● Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in software development, with a focus on back-end development using Golang.

● Proven track record of successfully delivering high-quality APIs and products in a production environment.

● Strong knowledge of Golang and its core libraries, with the ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.

● Experience with Go frameworks and proficiency in building RESTful APIs.

● Extensive experience with various database systems, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Graph, or NoSQL databases, and proficiency in writing optimized queries.

● Solid understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns, including microservices architecture.

● Familiarity with cloud computing platforms, such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and experience deploying applications in a cloud environment.

● Experience with containerization technologies, like Docker and Kubernetes, is a plus.

● Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.

● Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Join our dynamic team and help shape the future of our innovative products and APIs with your deep expertise and passion for back-end development in Golang. We offer a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefits package, and a stimulating work environment where your skills and contributions will be highly valued. Apply now and be part of our exciting journey!

What we are scouting for

• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience in IT
• 2+ years’ experience designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• A strong hands-on programming knowledge in Core Java including Java 8. To solve the problem given in optimized way.
• Strong knowledge on the Data structure and algorithm.
• Experience developing and designing API integrations using SOAP/RESTful
• Should be able to understand the time complexity of the existing algorithm. Able to compare different algorithms available.
• Expert understanding of the object-oriented design and programming concepts
• Know the fundamentals of Object-Oriented Programming using Java;
• Used SQL & NoSQL solutions
• Experience in GIT/SVN, build tools such as Ant/Maven/Gradle
• Experience in JUnit, Sonarqube, Mockito, Jacoco, Maven & Jenkins

Technical Competency – Nice to have

• Experience in Dependency Injection, Annotation, Validations, Auto Wiring
• Good knowledge in internal working on Memory Management, Transaction management
• Knowledge on DevOps pipeline tools like Jenkins, tools for Code quality scan, tools for security scan
• Spring boot
• Spring MVC
• Any Java Certification

Behavioural Competency

• Strong interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to lead self and team toward common goals
• Excellent oral and written communication, presentation, and analytical skills
• Excellence in technical communication with peers and non-technical cohorts

What you will be doing

• As a self-motivated and enthusiastic member of our team, you will work with extremely talented peers in a fun environment building performance efficient payment authorization services that are highly scalable, configurable and available
• You’ll work in an Agile environment with a focus on problem solving and engineering excellence.
• Worked independently and as a member of a team, determined to make active contributions to the assigned Team
• Flexible and adaptable approach to the roles assigned to you
• Ability to coordinate and prioritize tasks, and work in a fast paced and challenging environment
• Deliver on time under dynamics with a high level of integrity and flexibility, sense of urgency, attention to detail and quality standards
• Make a large impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products
• Work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology

and evaluate technical feasibility

• Work in an Agile/Scrum environment to deliver high quality software
• Establish architectural principles, select design patterns and then mentor team members on their appropriate application

Must Haves

• 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.
• 4+ years’  work experience in  software development
• BS degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
• Understanding of operating system fundamentals (Linux)
• Understanding of scalable computing systems, software architecture, data structures, and algorithms
• Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical skills, with excellent problem solving abilities
• Working experience with Kubernetes
• Experienced working with distributed databases at scale

Good to haves

• Experience in developing software using AWS native services & technologies.
• Experience taking a lead role in building and operating scalable distributed systems
• Experience in Agile/SCRUM enterprise-scale software development
• Familiar with building secure software using modern security principles
• Demonstrated ability to achieve goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment

Why us

We're hiring a set of highly skilled, enthusiastic, and passionate people who thrive in a high-growth environment. We believe the best way to grow is to give everyone the opportunity to pursue their interests. At Lucidity, you have complete freedom to work on projects that interest you. Plus, with benefits like flexible hours, company offsites, unlimited leaves, we ensure you enjoy the journey as much as we do. We are also offering healthy founding team ESOP's.