Senior Golang Developer

12 month contract - requires 4x in office in Kanata (Ottawa) office.

We are looking for a Senior Golang Developer to design and build internal tools that power our DevOps and CI/CD pipelines. In this role, you will develop scalable backend services and APIs while working closely with platform and DevOps teams to automate workflows, improve reliability, and streamline developer productivity.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who is comfortable owning backend systems end-to-end and contributing to automation and infrastructure-related tooling.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Golang to support internal DevOps and CI/CD tooling
• Build and enhance internal developer tools that automate build, test, deployment, and release workflows
• Collaborate with DevOps, Platform, and SRE teams to improve pipeline reliability, observability, and performance
• Develop automation scripts and tooling using Python and/or shell scripting
• Integrate tools with version control systems, CI/CD platforms, artifact repositories, and cloud services
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following best practices
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical decision-making
• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and resolve issues across backend services and automation pipelines
• Contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing for internal tools and systems

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong focus on Golang backend API development
• Proven experience designing and building RESTful or gRPC APIs and backend services
• Hands-on experience supporting or building DevOps pipelines, CI/CD systems, or internal developer platforms
• Experience with automation and scripting using Python and/or shell scripting (Bash)
• Solid understanding of Linux environments and command-line tooling
• Experience working with version control systems (e.g., Git) and modern development workflows
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently on complex systems

Nice to Have

• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code or configuration management tools
• Exposure to monitoring, logging, and observability tools
• Experience building internal platforms or developer productivity tools