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We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer – Golang to join our team and take ownership of designing and building scalable cloud-native backend systems. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise in Golang combined with an architectural mindset and a drive for building efficient event-driven microservices that power our platform.

Responsibilities

- Design and implement backend services using Golang, Kafka and GraphQL
- Build microservices architecture leveraging gRPC and event-driven patterns
- Architect scalable software solutions deployed on AWS cloud infrastructure
- Write clean, structured and maintainable code following best practices
- Develop effective and pixel-perfect user interfaces
- Automate repetitive tasks to improve team efficiency
- Collaborate within a Scrum Agile team to deliver high-quality software




- Apply functional and object-oriented programming principles to design robust systems
- Leverage AI-enabled tools and practices to enhance engineering productivity
- Explore and adopt new technologies to keep solutions current and competitive

Requirements

- 7-12 years of senior application development experience
- Proficiency in Golang, Kafka and GraphQL for backend development
- Expertise in gRPC, microservices patterns and event-driven architecture
- Experience working with AWS cloud environments
- Skills in functional and object-oriented programming with design patterns
- Familiarity with concurrency concepts in distributed systems
- Understanding of Scrum Agile methodology with hands-on team experience
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills, additional languages a plus

We offer

- Opportunity to work on technical challenges that may impact across geographies
- Vast opportunities for self-development: online university, knowledge sharing opportunities globally, learning opportunities through external certifications
- Opportunity to share your ideas on international platforms
- Sponsored Tech Talks & Hackathons
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
- Possibility to relocate to any EPAM office for short and long-term projects
- Focused individual development
- Benefit package:
- Health benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Paid time off
- Flexible benefits

- Forums to explore beyond work passion (CSR, photography, painting, sports, etc.)

📌 Lead Software Engineer - Golang (India)
🏢 EPAM Systems
📍 India