Senior Go Engineer

About the Position

We are seeking a Senior Go Engineer to join our high-performance ecosystem, focused on building critical capabilities such as automated processing, backend services, agent chat, and back-office interfaces. As a senior-level individual contributor, you will build the ingestion, routing, and integration endpoints that ensure seamless operational flow and next-generation engagement.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain ingestion, routing, and integration endpoints for critical business capabilities
• Design low-latency APIs to safely ingest, stream, and parse multi-format files without heavy RAM overhead
• Develop robust connectors to external systems such as ERPs, storefronts, and email APIs
• Process dynamic incoming webhooks to support seamless integrations
• Implement transactional messaging and queuing solutions to guarantee order delivery
• Manage database connections to ensure data resiliency and consistency
• Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable Go code
• Apply graceful error handling to prevent and manage pipeline failures
• Optimize application performance through concurrent programming practices

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience writing production-grade Go code
• Expertise in concurrent programming, including Goroutines, Channels, and Context management
• Skills in performance optimization for high-throughput systems
• Experience writing low-latency REST/gRPC APIs using Gin, Fiber, or Echo
• Background in building integrations with ERPs, storefronts, and email APIs, including webhook processing
• Proficiency in transactional messaging and queuing systems such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, or AWS SQS
• Familiarity with database technologies including PostgreSQL and Redis
• Knowledge of writing clean, well-tested code using go test and mock frameworks
• Understanding of graceful error handling for pipeline failures
• Proficiency in English at a B2+ level

We Offer

• Work on a flexible schedule remotely or from any of our comfortable offices or coworking spaces in Ukraine
• Receive the necessary equipment to perform your work tasks
• Change projects and technology stacks within EPAM
• Gain experience in various business domains (Insurance, E-commerce, Healthcare, Finance, Travelling, Media, Artificial Intelligence, and more)
• Relocation opportunities may be available for eligible candidates, depending on the role and openings at other EPAM locations
• Participate in volunteer, charity programs and communities (both technical and interest-based)
• Focus on your professional growth:
  • Plan your individual career path together with your manager
  • Receive regular feedback from colleagues
  • Improve your English for free with certified teachers (Speaking Clubs, client interview preparation courses, etc.)
  • Get the opportunity to undergo free training and certification in AWS, GCP, or Azure Clouds
  • Use the internal E-learn training program (18,200+ specialized training and mentoring programs)
  • Access corporate accounts on LinkedIn Learning, Get Abstract and other partner resources
  • Study at EPAM Solution Architecture School with the instructors who are practicing architects
  • Develop as a leader, join Delivery Management, Resource Management, Leadership Essentials school and more
  • Participate in internal communities (500+ meetups, technical discussions, brainstorming sessions, online events and conferences annually)
• Vacation and sick leave (including a sick leave without a medical certificate)
• A wide range of Voluntary Medical Insurance programs providing both medical treatment and various preventive options (including sports activities)
• Medical insurance for family members at corporate rates
• Company support during significant life events (childbirth or adoption, marriage, etc.)
• Support for psychological comfort: discounts on services from mental health specialists or coaches, thematic training
• E-kids program - a free programming language training program for EPAMers' children