Golang Developer

Summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a skilled Golang Developer to help build and support services for live event management and media processing. The role involves developing Go microservices and working with cloud-native architectures to solve complex media and streaming challenges.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Go microservices using gRPC, Protocol Buffers, and grpc-gateway
• Contribute to backend services that support live event lifecycle management and media workflow operations
• Support and improve hybrid media-cache services that connect on-prem file systems with Google Cloud Storage
• Implement features under the guidance of senior engineers, from API design and protobuf schemas to deployment
• Build and maintain event-driven services with Pub/Sub, Cloud Tasks, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Workflows
• Integrate services with Google Cloud media APIs, including Live Stream API, Transcoder API, Video Intelligence, and Vision AI
• Write unit, integration, and load tests to protect core workflows
• Help improve observability, monitoring, and performance of existing services
• Work with DevOps on Kubernetes deployments, Helm, Terraform, and GKE rollouts
• Participate in design reviews and code reviews for services you contribute to

Skills

• 3+ years of professional backend development experience, including 2+ years building services in Go
• Good understanding of Go concurrency patterns, context-aware programming, error handling, and graceful shutdown
• Practical API design skills with gRPC, Protocol Buffers, grpc-gateway, and RESTful services
• Working experience with cloud platforms and cloud APIs for backend integrations
• Solid backend engineering fundamentals with awareness of service reliability and performance best practices
• Minimum English language level of B1+ for collaboration and technical communication
• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience
• Familiarity with Google AIP API design conventions
• Exposure to Istio or service mesh configurations

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of professional backend development experience, including 2+ years building services in Go
• Good understanding of Go concurrency patterns, context-aware programming, error handling, and graceful shutdown
• Practical API design skills with gRPC, Protocol Buffers, grpc-gateway, and RESTful services
• Working experience with cloud platforms and cloud APIs for backend integrations
• Solid backend engineering fundamentals with awareness of service reliability and performance best practices
• Minimum English language level of B1+ for collaboration and technical communication

Nice to Haves

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience
• Familiarity with Google AIP API design conventions
• Exposure to Istio or service mesh configurations

Benefits

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn