Senior Backend Engineer (GoLang)

WORKATO PTE. LTD.

Singapore
Not specified (assumed to be hybrid or remote based on industry trends)
10+ years professional software engineering experience
5+ years hands-on backend development in go
Deep understanding of go internals and concurrency patterns
Workato PTE. LTD. is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with extensive GoLang expertise to join their Gateways team in Singapore. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in backend development, systems programming, and networking, contributing to the design and operation of high-performance API management and routing infrastructure

Job Summary

  • The Gateways team owns Workato's API management, gateway, and routing infrastructure operating at high scale with strict availability requirements.
  • This role requires a Senior Backend Engineer with deep Go expertise to own subsystems end-to-end and drive technical direction.
  • Candidates must possess a solid understanding of large-scale web infrastructure including load balancers, reverse proxies, and observability stacks.

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Workato PTE. LTD. is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with extensive GoLang expertise to join their Gateways team in Singapore. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in backend development, systems programming, and networking, contributing to the design and operation of high-performance API management and routing infrastructure.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 10+ years professional software engineering experience
  • 5+ years hands-on backend development in Go
  • Deep understanding of Go internals and concurrency patterns
  • Strong systems programming foundation below application layer
  • Deep network knowledge including TCP TLS HTTP/3 QUIC
  • Applied cryptography encryption certificate chains key management
  • Proven track record designing scaling distributed highly available systems

Nice-to-have

  • Reading-level familiarity with Ruby on Rails platform
  • Familiarity with AI LLM serving infrastructure and token metering
  • Experience with Docker container orchestration and cloud infrastructure
  • Experience with Redis-based caching and pub/sub patterns
  • Exposure to API gateway or service mesh internals like Envoy
  • Integration with third-party REST gRPC APIs at scale
  • Contributions to open-source projects

Key Requirements

  • BS/MS in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent demonstrated experience
  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • 5+ years of hands-on backend development in Go

Work Rights

Not specified

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