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Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
Job Location:
Job Location:
San Jose, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
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Posted:
8 September 2026 (21 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
6 December 2026
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Job Title: Senior Software Engineer (Backend)
Location: San Jose CA
Employment Type: Contract
Client: Walmart
About the Opportunity
Our client is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join their backend engineering this role you will be instrumental in designing developing and supporting scalable high-performance distributed applications. You will work with modern cloud-native technologies and have a significant impact on the architecture and reliability of mission-critical systems. This position is ideal for a polyglot engineer with deep expertise in Go and a strong understanding of event-driven architectures.
Position Summary
As a Senior Software Engineer you will be responsible for building and maintaining the core services that power the companys platform. You will focus on developing robust event-driven microservices using Go managing asynchronous communication with messaging queues and ensuring high availability and performance in a cloud environment (Azure). This is a hands-on role where youll be expected to lead by example writing high-quality well-tested code and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions .
Key Responsibilities
Qualifications
Required:
Location: San Jose CA
Employment Type: Contract
Client: Walmart
About the Opportunity
Our client is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Software Engineer to join their backend engineering this role you will be instrumental in designing developing and supporting scalable high-performance distributed applications. You will work with modern cloud-native technologies and have a significant impact on the architecture and reliability of mission-critical systems. This position is ideal for a polyglot engineer with deep expertise in Go and a strong understanding of event-driven architectures.
Position Summary
As a Senior Software Engineer you will be responsible for building and maintaining the core services that power the companys platform. You will focus on developing robust event-driven microservices using Go managing asynchronous communication with messaging queues and ensuring high availability and performance in a cloud environment (Azure). This is a hands-on role where youll be expected to lead by example writing high-quality well-tested code and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions .
Key Responsibilities
- Backend Development: Design implement and maintain scalable backend services and microservices primarily using Go (Golang) .
- Event-Driven Architecture: Build and maintain event-driven solutions using a message queue system such as Apache Kafka or ActiveMQ .
- Database Management: Design data models and work with relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases to support application data needs .
- Cloud Deployment: Develop deploy and support applications in a Microsoft Azure environment potentially using services like Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) .
- Messaging Integration: (Optional but valued) Work with NATS for messaging where applicable .
- Performance Tuning: Optimize application performance scalability and reliability .
- Collaboration: Partner with Product Engineering QA and DevOps teams to ensure smooth project execution and delivery .
- API Development: Build and maintain RESTful APIs and distributed applications .
Qualifications
Required:
- Programming Languages: Strong experience with Go (Golang) and Java .
- Messaging: Proven experience with Apache Kafka and/or Apache ActiveMQ .
- Database: Proficiency in working with SQL/NoSQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL MySQL Redis) .
- Cloud: Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure (e.g. AKS Azure Functions Key Vault) .
- Architecture: Strong understanding of distributed systems microservices architecture and event-driven design .
- Experience: Number years of professional software development experience.
- Experience with NATS messaging .
- Experience with containerization (Docker Kubernetes) .
- Experience in a high-volume high-scalability production environment.
- Strong production troubleshooting and performance optimization skills .
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) .
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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