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Senior Golang Developer

a5 labs • Apac
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AI Summary

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Golang Developer to build scalable, reliable backend systems for consumer-facing AI, gaming, and real-time products. The ideal candidate has experience working on products used directly by consumers. Strong understanding of Go concurrency and backend performance is required.

Key Highlights
Build and maintain backend services using Golang
Design distributed, high-concurrency, and low-latency systems
Troubleshoot production issues affecting real users
Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain backend services using Golang
Design distributed, high-concurrency, and low-latency systems
Troubleshoot production issues affecting real users
Own consumer-facing features from design through production release
Contribute to system design, technical planning, and code reviews
Mentor engineers and lead technical projects when required
Technical Skills Required
Golang Go concurrency SQL
Benefits & Perks
Competitive salary paid in USD
Quarterly performance bonus
4–5 weeks of paid annual leave plus local public holidays
Nice to Have
Experience with gaming, e-commerce, marketplaces, social, media, payments, travel, delivery, or mobility products
Experience with WebSocket, gRPC, streaming, recommendation systems, user growth, order systems, wallets, loyalty, or real-time interactions
Experience using Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or other AI development tools

Job Description


Location: Remote, APAC preferred

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Golang Developer to build scalable, reliable backend systems for consumer-facing AI, gaming, and real-time products.

The ideal candidate has experience working on products used directly by consumers, such as gaming, e-commerce, social, content, payments, travel, mobility, delivery, marketplaces, or other high-traffic digital platforms.


Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain backend services using Golang.
  • Design distributed, high-concurrency, and low-latency systems.
  • Develop APIs, microservices, real-time workflows, and event-driven services.
  • Improve product performance, scalability, reliability, and observability.
  • Work with databases, caches, and asynchronous processing systems.
  • Troubleshoot production issues affecting real users.
  • Own consumer-facing features from design through production release.
  • Contribute to system design, technical planning, and code reviews.
  • Mentor engineers and lead technical projects when required.


Requirements

  • 3+ years of professional Golang backend experience.
  • Experience building consumer-facing products or platforms.
  • Strong understanding of Go concurrency and backend performance.
  • Experience with distributed systems, microservices, and system design.
  • Experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, or similar databases.
  • Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and production monitoring.
  • Strong ownership and ability to ship production features independently.
  • Professional working proficiency in English.


Nice to Have

  • Experience with gaming, e-commerce, marketplaces, social, media, payments, travel, delivery, or mobility products.
  • Experience with WebSocket, gRPC, streaming, recommendation systems, user growth, order systems, wallets, loyalty, or real-time interactions.
  • Experience using Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or other AI development tools.
  • Technical leadership or mentoring experience.


What We Offer

  • Fully remote work
  • Flexible, async-first working environment
  • Competitive salary paid in USD
  • Quarterly performance bonus
  • 4–5 weeks of paid annual leave plus local public holidays
  • Equipment and learning allowances
  • High ownership with low bureaucracy
  • Opportunities to work on AI, gaming, and real-time distributed systems


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