Lead Go Engineer

We are looking for a Lead Go Engineer to join our team! The ideal candidate will take ownership of designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance applications, while also mentoring and leading a team of engineers. Experience with Java is a plus.

Our client is one of Azerbaijan's leading mobile telecommunication providers, with the most significant 49% market share and 5.0 million customers. Together with N-iX, our customer plans to develop a Financial Payment Technology Platform Solution that allows B2C interactions for its impressive customer base, which includes 99.8% of Azerbaijan's population. 
 

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of backend microservices using Go (Java is a plus)
• Drive architectural decisions and ensure best practices in software development
• Mentor and guide team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and high performance
• Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to deliver solutions that meet business objectives
• Ensure code quality, scalability, and maintainability through code reviews, testing, and automation.
   

Requirements:

• Extensive production experience with Go.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of Go: concurrency (goroutines/channels), context/timeouts, and writing idiomatic, maintainable code.
• Experience designing, building, and operating high-load backend services and microservices (scalability, resilience, consistency trade-offs).
• Hands-on experience with API design and implementation: REST and/or gRPC, versioning, and backward compatibility.
• Solid knowledge of datastores (SQL/NoSQL), caching, and data consistency fundamentals.
• Production engineering skills: automated testing (unit/integration), observability (logs/metrics/traces), troubleshooting, and performance profiling.
• Proven track record of leading engineering teams and delivering complex projects; strong communication and leadership skills.
• Cloud platforms: AWS (preferred, not required)
   

Preferred:

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines; containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes); and production monitoring/observability tools.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum practices and working in cross-functional teams.

We offer*:

• Flexible working format - remote, office-based or flexible
• A competitive salary and good compensation package
• Personalized career growth
• Professional development tools (mentorship program, tech talks and trainings, centers of excellence, and more)
• Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
• Education reimbursement
• Memorable anniversary presents
• Corporate events and team buildings
• Other location-specific benefits

*not applicable for freelancers