Senior Backend Engineer Golang Defense-tech Startup

GT was founded in 2019 by a former Apple Nest and Google executive.GTs mission is to connect the worlds best talent with product careers offered by highgrowth companies in the UK USA Canada Germany and the Netherlands.

On behalf ofour partner in the defencetech domain GT is looking for a Senior GoLang Engineer interested in AI and aerospace.

About the Client

Our client is a cuttingedge Aerospace and Defense company committed to delivering innovative secure and compliant solutions for our customers. They specialize in missioncritical technology services for government and private sector customers ensuring excellence in aerospace systems design performance and compliance.

About the Project & the Role

Currently they are working on the AIdriven collaborative framework for the Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI/CD) of defence hardware and software through which US and allieddefense industrial base participants can cooperate to develop and modernize major defense platforms.

So they are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join a missioncritical product engineering team. In this role you will help build and scale the backend infrastructure powering aerospace and defense systems that demand the highest levels of security reliability and performance. Youll work on cuttingedge technologies and help deliver innovative solutions that support the needs of government and private sector clients. This is a unique opportunity to shape backend systems in a highimpact highcompliance environment.

*Working hours: it is essential to overlap with the MST timezone for at least 4 working hours.

Responsibilities:

• Secure Backend Development: Design develop and maintain secure backend services and APIs using Go that support complex aerospace and defense use cases

• Scalable System Architecture: Contribute to distributed system design with a focus on reliability fault tolerance and scalability

• Data Modeling & Compliance: Design robust data models with a focus on performance auditability and security especially using Postgres

• Collaborate on data analytics pipelines leveraging engineering and math expertise to process analyze and model complex datasets

• Partner with frontend teams to support data visualization and presentation ensuring meaningful insights are surfaced to end users

• Cloud & Infrastructure: Leverage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services to deploy resilient scalable infrastructure that meets federal and industry compliance standards

• Containerization & Orchestration: Manage services using Kubernetes ensuring proper configuration scaling and monitoring in production environments

• EventDriven Systems: Build realtime systems leveraging Redis Pub/Sub Kafka or similar technologies for reactive eventbased workflows

• Security & Compliance: Implement and maintain securityfirst practices adhering to DoD/FedRAMP/NIST guidelines where applicable

• Performance Tuning: Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize systems to ensure uptime and responsiveness under missioncritical conditions

• CrossTeam Collaboration: Work closely with product managers systems engineers and QA to define develop and deliver backend capabilities

• Code Quality & Review: Participate in rigorous code reviews to uphold best practices and ensure reliability across critical backend systems

• Documentation: Produce and maintain comprehensive documentation for system architecture APIs and security processes

Essential knowledge skills & experience:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or related technical discipline

• 5 years of backend engineering experience ideally in highavailability or highsecurity environments

• Strong background in engineering mathematics or related quantitative fields.

• Experience with backend data analytics systems including ETL processes statistical modeling or machine learning

• Familiarity with data presentation techniques and frontend integration to deliver actionable insights

• Proficiency in Go and building microservicesbased backend systems

• Strong experience with cloudnative infrastructure preferably GCP (AWS or Azure also valuable)

• Handson experience with Kubernetes containerization and CI/CD pipelines

• Solid knowledge of Postgres and scalable data modeling best practices

• Familiarity with eventdriven architectures using Kafka Redis or similar technologies

• Experience working in regulated environments (e.g. aerospace defense healthcare or finance) is a strong plus

• Strong understanding of software security encryption and authentication standards

• Excellent problemsolving communication and collaboration skills

• Ability to mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of quality and innovation

Interview Steps

1. GT interview with Recruiter

2. Technical interview

3. Final interview

4. Security Check

We go beyond usual perks By working with us you will get:

• Health insurance

• Mental health support

• Sport coverage

• Learning budget

• Paid vacation days

• Paid sick leaves

• All public holidays are paid days off

GT working model:

You will work directly with a client through our Extended Team model. We try to do things differently and put our efforts into integrating you as deeply as possible into the clients team. You work with the same tools and technologies as they do and are managed directly by the client without any intermediary in between. We help you build relationships and create an environment where you genuinely feel like a member of the clients team. We also encourage trips to a client and join teambuilding and afterwork activities. Our Extended Team model is focused on longterm projects that last over several years.

Required Experience:

Senior IC