Lead Golang Backend Engineer (NDR)

Role overview

Lead OPSWAT as a Lead Golang Backend Engineer (hands-on leadership) building high-performance, scalable software across backend and data processing. You will design and implement systems centered on Go APIs, real-time stream processing, and NoSQL/distributed architectures, while mentoring engineers and shaping the backend technical strategy.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build cutting-edge software solutions with an emphasis on performance and scalability.
• Design and develop Rust-based data processing systems for high-performance, real-time ingestion and transformation.
• Build and maintain Go-based APIs, including integrating them into broader systems.
• Implement stream processing solutions and collaborate on end-to-end data flows.
• Lead backend technical strategy: define best practices, architecture guidelines, and future tech stack choices.
• Collaborate cross-functionally and mentor junior engineers.
• Work with microservices, event-driven systems, and distributed systems for processing and storage at scale.

Requirements

• 7+ years backend engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in Golang, Rust, Python, and NoSQL databases.
• Strong stream processing framework experience (Kafka, Pulsar, Flink).
• Experience building scalable APIs with Go/Rust/Python.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems design for large-scale processing and storage.
• Experience with gRPC for high-performance, scalable APIs.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with microservices architecture and event-driven systems.
• Experience with Parquet (and similar formats) for large datasets.
• Strong communication skills; able to lead and mentor in a collaborative environment.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue.js, or similar) for internal tools/admin dashboards.
• Interest/passion for solving problems in the cybersecurity domain.