Lead Golang Software Engineer (Medellín)

We're looking for an experienced Go developer to build and lead development of high-performance microservices. You'll work with modern cloud technologies and help design our distributed systems using gRPC and containerized services.

**What You'll Do**:

- Lead architectural decisions for microservices and mentor junior developers;
- Design and build gRPC APIs using Protocol Buffers;
- Optimize service performance, reliability, and scalability;
- Collaborate with DevOps on deployment and monitoring;
- Establish coding standards and conduct code reviews;
- Work with distributed systems and inter-service communication.

**Required Skills**:

- 5+ years Go (Golang) production experience
- 3+ years microservices architecture experience
- gRPC & Protocol Buffers for service design and RPC communication
- Docker containerization and service deployment
- PostgreSQL & Redis for databases and caching
- Git, CI/CD, and modern development workflows
- Experience with high-traffic, distributed systems
- Previous senior/lead developer role preferred
- Upper-Intermediate/Advanced English level

**Technical Knowledge**:

- Service mesh architectures and communication patterns
- Authentication/authorization (JWT, OAuth2)
- API gateway design and traffic management
- Database per service patterns and data consistency
- Envoy Proxy configuration and load balancing

**Nice to Have**:

- Event-driven architecture experience
- Buf for Protocol Buffer management and code generation
- Service discovery and observability tools
- Cloud-native deployment experience
- Performance optimization and monitoring

**We offer**:

- Flexible working format
- remote, office-based or versátil
- 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 Postúlate en Kit Empleo: kitempleo.com.co/empleo/1b3w0e