GoLang Developer

About This Role

This engineering role on the Platform Team focuses on building and maintaining the foundational infrastructure, tools, and services that power the company's products. It is ideal for engineers with strong backend and system design experience who also bring a product-minded approach to platform development. You will work closely with engineering, DevOps, and product teams to build scalable microservices, improve developer experience, and ensure the platform is robust, secure, and cloud-ready.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain platform-level microservices using Golang
• Build internal tools and UI components using ReactJS to support engineering workflows and operations
• Create and manage containerized environments using Docker and deploy them on Kubernetes
• Collaborate on designing scalable, secure service architectures and CI/CD pipelines
• Own the development and maintenance of key platform services (e.g., identity, observability, configuration management, service discovery)
• Optimize database interactions using PostgreSQL
• Enable other engineering teams by providing libraries, patterns, and documentation for consistent service development
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design discussions
• Monitor system health and performance; drive platform observability and reliability improvements

Requirements

• 4–5 years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong backend experience with Golang and microservices architecture
• Solid front-end experience with ReactJS
• Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL or other SQL-based databases
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and practices
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, system design, and service-level concerns

Nice to have:

• Experience with RESTful APIs and asynchronous messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, NATS, GCP Pub-Sub)
• Experience with cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS
• Exposure to infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Helm)
• Knowledge of observability tools (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Understanding of authentication, authorization (OAuth2, OIDC), and secrets management
• Passion for improving developer experience and platform scalability

About the Company

Applied Systems India Pvt Ltd., an Applied Systems company, transforms the insurance industry by delivering innovative software and services. With over 40 years of experience in Insurtech, the company focuses on redefining what is achievable in the field.