Lead Golang Developer | Event-Driven Architecture

Salary: $135,000 - 155,000 per year Requirements:

• Experience leading software development initiatives at scale, such as at companies serving hundreds of thousands to millions of users
• Experience mentoring and leading engineers while promoting technical excellence
• Strong professional production experience with Go (Golang)
• Strong understanding of systems design and microservices architecture
• Commitment to clean architecture and clean code
• Experience with event-driven systems such as Kafka
• AI-forward mindset, including experience transforming the software development lifecycle (SDLC) into an AI development lifecycle (ADLC)

• Own event-driven architecture as we break a legacy monolith into Go microservices
• Build several new products
• Shape the technical direction of a modern cloud-based platform
• Mentor engineers and lead technical initiatives from design through deployment

• AI
• Cloud
• Golang
• Kafka
• microservices
• Architect
• REST

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We are hiring a Senior or Lead Golang Developer for a mission-critical product, working closely with executive technical leaders. Our platform serves more than 100 million users, handles 6 billion requests daily, and processes up to 1.5 million transactions per hour. Our team takes a pragmatic, AI-forward approach while prioritizing developers. The role is based at our Denver headquarters and follows a hybrid schedule of three days per week, with the days chosen by the employee. Compensation is $135,000–$155,000 base salary, plus a 15% bonus, for expected total cash compensation of $155,250–$178,250. We also offer a 4% 401(k) match and additional pay for on-call work. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship or transfers.

last updated 42 week of 2026