Senior Software Engineer - GoLang at Proximity Works · Bengaluru (Bangalore) · 5 - 10 years · Bootstrapped · Posted 7 Oct 2026

We are seeking Senior Backend Engineers who can hack around multiple technologies and build highly scalable, low-latency, distributed systems with RESTful services. You will be responsible for developing new software products (internal) and solving complex technical challenges for scale-ups and enterprise companies. 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, and maintainable code.
- Solving complex technical problems.
- Performing an objective analysis of the problem statement and coming up with an unbiased technical solution before writing a single line of code.
- Coordinating cross-functionally to ensure the project meets business objectives and compliance standards.
- Participating in and driving code reviews.
- Building robust, secure, and scalable microservices.
- Implementing RESTful services with a metric-driven API Gateway.
- Ensuring sub-second server response and will be responsible for implementing relational, document, key, object, or graph data stores, index stores and messaging stores as needed.
- Tracking defects and work with business owners and users to triage bugs and manage backlog
- Taking ownership to run and maintain Cloud infrastructure.
- Evaluating relevant technologies, influencing and driving architecture and design discussions.
- Architecting & designing the platform.
- Mentoring junior engineers helping them grow, performing code reviews, system monitoring & delegation.
- Writing documentation & create engineering processes.
- Working as an individual contributor.
- Helping drive KPIs with Product.
- Taking ownership of backend systems.
- Helping with unit tests & QA process.
- Scaling the engineering team.
- System scaling to hundreds of millions of users.
- Working with product managers and designs.
Requirements—
- Overall 5-10 years of experience in software development with a strong base in Golang/Java/Python and a degree in Computer Science(optional).
- Experience with Go, K8, Docker, AWS, and CI/CD.
- Experience with micro web frameworks – like Springboot, Gin/Mux.
- Experience in working with microservice architectures, Transactional systems, and Distributed environments.
- Exposure to building RESTful APIs with monitoring, fault tolerance, and metrics (with something like Hystrix).
- Experience with MySQL, and NoSQL (Cassandra, Redis, DynamoDB).
- Experience in server-side services using ElasticSearch and ESB - Camel, ActiveMQ.
- DevOps experience.
- Experience with AWS stack.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- To be a self-starter who can work well with minimal to no guidance in a fluid environment.
- To be excited by challenges surrounding the development of highly scalable & distributed systems.
- To be agile and able to adapt quickly to changing requirements scope and priorities.
- To be experienced in working on massively large-scale data systems in production environments.
- To have led or mentored an engineering team before(optional).
- To have contributed to open-source projects.
- To have a strong drive & desire for continued growth.
- Proficiency in English.
- Experience with Web3(optional).
Benefits—
- Best-in-class salary: We hire strong talent and compensate accordingly.
- Proximity Talks: Meet and learn from designers, engineers, product leaders, and AI practitioners.
- Continuous learning: Work with a world-class team and stay close to the latest in AI, engineering, and product development.
- High-impact work: Build AI-first systems and products used at scale by global clients.
About us—
Proximity is the trusted technology, design, and consulting partner for some of the biggest Sports, Media, and Entertainment companies in the world. We’re headquartered in San Francisco and have offices in Palo Alto, Dubai, Mumbai, and Bangalore.
Since 2019, Proximity has built high-impact, scalable products used by millions of users every day. Today, we are a global team of engineers, designers, product managers, and experts solving complex problems and building cutting-edge technology at scale.

About Proximity Works
About
We are Proximity - a global team of coders, designers, product managers, geeks and experts. We solve hard, long-term engineering problems and build cutting edge tech products.
About us
Born in 2019, Proximity Works is a global, fully distributed tech firm headquartered in San Francisco - with hubs across Mumbai, Dubai, Toronto, Stockholm, and Bengaluru. We’re in the business of solving high-stakes engineering challenges with AI-powered solutions tailored for industries like sports, media & entertainment, fintech, and enterprise platforms. From real-time game analytics and ticketing workflows to creative content generation, we help build software that serves millions every day.
About the Founders
At the helm is Hardik Jagda, CEO - a technologist with a startup DNA who brings clarity to complexity and a passion for building delightful experiences.
Milestones & Impact
- Trusted by some of the world’s biggest players - from major media & entertainment giants to one of the world’s largest cricket websites and the second-largest stock exchange in the world.
- Delivered game-changing tech: slashing content creation by 90%, doubling performance metrics for NASDAQ clients, and accelerating speed/performance wins for platforms like Dream11.
Culture & Why It Matters
- Fully distributed and flexible: work 100% remotely, design your own schedule, build habits that work for you and not the other way around.
- People-first culture: Community events, “Proxonaut battles,” monthly off-sites, and a liberal referral policy keep us connected even when we’re apart.
- High-trust environment: autonomy is encouraged. You’re empowered to act, learn fast, and iterate boldly. We know great work comes when talented people have space to think and create.
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● Experience dealing with highly concurrent, distributed architectures/systems.
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- Familiarity with remote access protocols and gateways — SSH, RDP, HTTPS/web-based sessions; protocol proxying and man-in-the-middle session interception
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🛠️ Tech Stack: Java + Golang (Backend)
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- Write clean, efficient, reusable, and maintainable code.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize application performance.
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- Strong hands-on experience in Java and Golang.
- 4+ years of experience in backend development.
- Experience in REST APIs, backend services, and application development.
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- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
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- You are passionate about growing engineers and leading by example
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*Location:* Bengaluru, Karnataka
*Experience:* 0–1 Year
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## AI-Driven Software Development
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- Familiarity with SQL and relational databases.
- Basic knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented or structured programming.
- Familiarity with Git and GitHub/GitLab.
- Understanding of debugging, error handling, and writing modular code.
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## Who Should Apply?
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- Candidates eager to learn Go, microservices, databases, and scalable backend systems.
- Candidates who take ownership, learn quickly, and work well in a collaborative team.
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- Testing, Debugging and performance optimization.
- REST APIs, MySQL, Redis
- Proficiency with Git for version control and collaborative development workflows.
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● Delivery Ownership: Own projects end-to-end, defining and implementing enablers to evolve solution intent directly alongside our Agile teams.
Team Leadership and Quality
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● Engineering Excellence: Oversee code reviews, build robust CI/CD pipelines, enforce strict quality checks, and ensure rigorous adherence to coding standards.
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Customer and Stakeholder Collaboration
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You’ll be working in a high-scale, high-impact environment where reliability, speed, and efficiency are paramount. If you enjoy solving complex engineering challenges and have a passion for distributed systems, this is the right role for you.
Responsibilities—
- Design, develop, and maintain distributed backend systems at scale.
- Write high-performance, production-grade code in Java.
- Architect and optimize storage systems, ensuring efficient query performance and scalable data models.
- Implement caching strategies to reduce latency and improve system throughput.
- Build and manage services leveraging AWS cloud infrastructure.
- Develop resilient messaging pipelines using Kafka (or equivalent) for real-time data processing.
- Define and streamline CI/CD pipelines, ensuring rapid and reliable deployment cycles.
- Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Monitor system performance, identify bottlenecks, and apply proactive fixes.
- Drive best practices in software engineering, testing, and code reviews.
Requirements—
- 5+ years of experience in backend engineering, with deep hands-on coding experience.
- Strong proficiency in Java and familiarity with modern frameworks.
- Proven track record in building scalable distributed systems.
- Hands-on expertise with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS).
- Solid understanding of messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar.
- Strong grasp of query performance optimization and storage system design.
- Experience with caching solutions (Redis, Memcached, etc.).
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.).
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive mindset.
Benefits—
- Best in class salary: We hire only the best, and we pay accordingly.
- Proximity Talks: Meet other designers, engineers, and product geeks — and learn from experts in the field.
- Keep on learning with a world-class team: Work with the best in the field, challenge yourself constantly, and learn something new every day.
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- 3+ years of professional backend software engineering experience, with a strong track record building and operating distributed systems in production.
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- Solid understanding of distributed systems design: event-driven architectures, message queues (Kafka), workflow orchestration, and idempotency patterns.
- Experience with storage systems, caching strategies (Redis, Memcached), and database query performance tuning.
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- Comfort with observability tooling — logging, metrics, and tracing — and a habit of building production-ready services from day one.
- Strong communication skills — able to clearly articulate technical approaches and trade-offs to peers, leads, and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaborative team player who takes pride in lifting up those around them through mentorship and knowledge sharing.
Preferred education and experience:
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