GoLang Developer II (Contractor)

One of our biggest client is seeking a GoLang Developer role in Washington D.C.

Role Overview:

Design, develop, and test analysis pipeline components to support MAF analysis.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop new functional features using GoLang
• Debug and resolve software defects
• Maintain high standards for code quality and refactor for optimized solutions
• Participate in solution design sessions and document solutions
• Decompose business requirements into technical tasks
• Collaborate with research teams to implement best practices, observability, and resiliency
• Switch between Dev, Infrastructure, and QA roles as needed
• Work in a Linux environment with PKI certificate and SSH key management
• Implement access/authentication mechanisms (SSO, MFA)
• Participate in daily scrum meetings and sprint ceremonies
• Use Jira for ticket tracking
  

Required Skills & Experience:

• GoLang: 2–3 years (primary requirement)
• DevOps & Infrastructure: Deployment automation using Terraform
• Experience with AWS
• Pipelines built in Kubernetes
• Exposure to Docker
• Programming Languages: Python (nice to have)
• Databases: MongoDB and PostgreSQL (SQL & NoSQL)
• Version Control: GitHub
• Strong Linux background
• Understanding of QA processes
• Knowledge of reverse engineering techniques

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Pulumi)
• 2 years working in public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• 1 year experience with Kubernetes
• Basic understanding of Machine Learning
• 2 years of GoLang development
• 2 years of Python/JavaScript experience
  

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