Kforce is working with a company that is hiring a Backend Go Developer to maintain and grow their internal applications. This is a fulltime, hybrid role in Pittsburgh, PA.
Responsibilities:
* Backend Go Developer will write clean, efficient, secure, and high-performance code in Go
* Take ownership of large components and projects
* Drive best practices and engineering excellence
* Deploy and maintain applications
* Systematic problem-solving approach, combined with a strong sense of ownership and drive
* Oversee information systems security safeguards for these cloud solutions
* As a Backend Go Developer, you will architect, deploy, and maintain Cloud solutions
* Collaborate with other engineers to implement operational solutions while defining, adhering to industry best practices
* Other duties as assigned* Highly knowledgeable in Go
* Working knowledge of web and network protocols and standards (HTTP, TLS, DNS, etc.)
* Highly knowledgeable with Linux and the Linux CLI
* Highly knowledgeable of Amazon Web Services including but not limited to Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS, EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, SNS, SQS, Fargate, Appconfig
* Hands on experience in using Git
* Experience with RDS
* Experience with using APIs, API development, and API Integration
* Excellent communication skills
* High attention to detail and sense of urgency
Preference will be given to candidates who have:
* Pertinent Cloud certifications
* Experience in Python
* Experience with Jira
* Experience with small teams