What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Developer (Go) - US Instant Payments position at Jobgether?
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Software Developer (Go) - US Instant Payments in Canada.
In this role, you will help build and evolve mission-critical real-time payment systems powering next-generation US instant payment schemes. You will contribute to the design, development, and operation of distributed, cloud-native microservices built for high availability, performance, and resilience. Working within a fully remote, globally distributed engineering team, you will collaborate closely with senior engineers and product experts to deliver production-grade systems that are preparing for live customer onboarding. You will also take ownership of features and services end-to-end, from design through deployment and ongoing support. This is a hands-on engineering role where reliability, clean architecture, and operational excellence are essential. You will also participate in on-call rotations, ensuring the stability of systems that cannot fail.
\n• Contribute to the design, development, testing, and deployment of distributed systems supporting real-time US payment schemes such as FedNow and RTP.
• Build and enhance cloud-native microservices on a multi-cloud platform, ensuring scalability, resilience, and high performance in production environments.
• Participate in system operations, including monitoring, incident response, and on-call rotations to maintain service reliability.
• Collaborate with engineers, product teams, and stakeholders to define technical solutions and deliver features end-to-end.
• Improve infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using modern DevOps practices, including automation, containerization, and test-driven development.
• Support production readiness activities as products move toward customer launch, ensuring robustness and operational excellence.
Requirements:
• Strong experience in software engineering with production-level development in Go (or a strong willingness to specialize in Go).
• Solid background in designing and building distributed systems, microservices architectures, and event-driven systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or GCP), containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with testing practices such as TDD/BDD and strong appreciation for clean code and engineering best practices.
• Ability to take ownership of projects end-to-end, including deployment, monitoring, and production support.
• Strong communication skills with a collaborative mindset and comfort working in distributed, remote-first teams.
• Experience with observability tools, infrastructure as code, or payment systems is a plus.
Benefits:
• Fully remote-first working model across eligible locations.
• Competitive compensation package with additional benefits depending on location.
• Opportunity to work on critical, real-time financial infrastructure at global scale.
• Strong engineering culture focused on autonomy, collaboration, and technical excellence.
• Modern tech stack with cloud-native tools and best-in-class infrastructure practices.
• Career development opportunities within a high-growth, mission-driven engineering organization.
• Inclusive and diverse work environment with strong emphasis on flexibility and well-being.
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
Why Apply Through Jobgether?
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