Lead Go Developer

Remote outside RU / BY | FINTECH We are looking for a Lead Go Developer for an international enterprise-level project in the financial and insurance sector. Format: Fully remote, full-time. Location: Candidates must be based outside Russia and Belarus. Key responsibilities: - Develop and evolve high-load, distributed backend systems using Go - Participate in system design and technical decision-making - Design and work with APIs, microservices, messaging and databases - Ensure scalability, reliability and fault tolerance - Work with Kubernetes and CI/CD infrastructure - Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers - Participate in code reviews and improve engineering practices - Implement or integrate practical AI/LLM solutions Requirements: - 5+ years of professional software development experience - 5+ years of production experience with Go - 2+ years of technical leadership or experience leading engineers - Strong knowledge of Go and concurrency - Experience with distributed, microservice-based and/or high-load systems - Strong understanding of system design and API design - Experience with databases and message brokers - Experience with Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD - Understanding of scalability, reliability, fault tolerance and observability - Experience in FinTech, banking, insurance or complex enterprise environments is a strong advantage - Practical experience implementing or integrating AI/LLM solutions - Computer Science or related technical degree - English C1+ Main technologies: Go, gRPC, REST APIs, Kafka/RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Prometheus, Grafana. The company name is confidential at this stage.