Unacademy - Backend Developer - Golang

Description :

About the Role :

We are seeking a highly skilled Backend Developer (SE-2) to join our engineering team. In this role, you will design, develop, and scale backend services that power our core products.

You will work closely with cross-functional teams, contribute to architectural decisions, and build high-performance, distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities :

- Design, develop, and maintain backend applications and microservices using Golang.

- Build scalable, fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging AWS services.

- Implement data storage solutions using SQL/NoSQL databases.

- Develop and optimize high-throughput event-driven systems with Kafka.

- Containerize and deploy services using Docker and Kubernetes.

- Collaborate with product, DevOps, and frontend teams to deliver end-to-end features.

- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following best practices.

- Troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call support (if required).

- Contribute to architectural improvements and technical design discussions.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- 2 to 5 years of experience as a backend engineer, preferably in a product-based or high-growth startup environment.

- Strong hands-on expertise in Golang.

- Solid understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture.

- Experience with AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, etc.

- Proficiency with Kafka or similar message brokers.

- Experience working with SQL/NoSQL databases.

- Good understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps fundamentals.

- Strong problem-solving skills, debugging capability, and attention to detail