[8XS] Software Engineer – Go (Mid Level)

We are Software Mind, an awesome team of engineers who are ready to ramp up any top-notch company’s projects! Our aim? To always be one step ahead. Become part of a multicultural company in constant growth with an excellent work environment certified by Great Place To Work! Our client is a global company in the video-game industry whose tools are used by game studios worldwide. You’ll be joining the client’s engineering team to build a new LiveOps plugin platform in Go, Kafka and Google Cloud, letting internal teams extend LiveOps through a strict plugin interface. You will work in a small Scrum team alongside the client’s technical lead. Project length: 6 months, with possible extension Time zone: UTC+4 (European working hours). Overlap is required. Expectations - the experience you need - 90% English written and oral (at least B2 level) with excellent communication skills. - Experience in backend engineering: 3+ years, including 2+ years with Go - Hands-on experience with Kafka or a similar messaging platform - Solid knowledge of REST and/or gRPC APIs - Experience building CI/CD pipelines and working with Docker - Working knowledge of Google Cloud or another public cloud - Proficiency with PostgreSQL and Redis - Must overlap European / UTC+4 working hours What you will do - Build Go services for plugin registration, configuration and runtime - Implement the internal plugin registry and review flow - Develop Kafka producers and consumers for the central event hub - Build CI/CD pipelines from development to production - Add metrics, logs and dashboards, and support production issues - Create templates and tooling that help teams build plugins - Write unit and integration tests with QA automation Nice to have: - Kubernetes (GKE) and Terraform - Datadog or similar observability tooling - Internal platforms, SDKs or developer tooling - Gaming or LiveOps background