Go Developer

Job Description

About BayRock Labs At BayRock Labs, we pioneer innovative tech solutions that drive business transformation. As a leading product engineering firm based in Silicon Valley, we provide full-cycle product development, leveraging cutting-edge technologies in AI, ML, and data analytics. Our collaborative, inclusive culture fosters professional growth and work-life balance. Join us to work on ground-breaking projects and be part of a team that values excellence, integrity, and innovation. Together, let's redefine what's possible in technology. We?re hiring a Go Engineer to build ultra-scalable, high-performance backend services for real-time payments infrastructure. You?ll own system design, write production-grade Go code, and drive performance at global scale in a collaborative, high-impact environment. What You?ll Do Design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend systems using Go (Golang). Lead system design and architecture discussions for new and existing services. Write clean, efficient, and testable code following Go best practices and concurrency patterns. Collaborate with product managers, frontend engineers, and DevOps to deliver end-to-end features. Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and reliability (low-latency, high-throughput). Participate in code reviews, ensure code quality, and mentor junior engineers. Identify performance bottlenecks and design robust, fault-tolerant solutions. Quickly ramp up on new technologies, business domains, and codebases. Contribute to improving development processes, automation, and CI/CD pipelines. What We?re Looking For 5+ years of backend development experience. Strong proficiency in Go with deep understanding of goroutines, channels, context, and error handling. Experience building distributed systems, microservices, and REST/gRPC APIs. Hands-on with message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ), databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis), and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry). Familiarity with cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes). Proven ability to profile, debug, and optimize Go services under load. Excellent problem-solving, system design, and communication skills. Passion for clean code, testing (unit/integration), and mentoring. Bonus Points Experience in payments, fintech, or high-frequency systems. Contributions to open-source Go projects or internal tooling. Familiarity with CI/CD (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD), Terraform, or gRPC.