Senior Go Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Go / Cloud / Kubernetes) to join a high-performance engineering team focused on building and operating scalable backend services and APIs for a scientific and computational platform. This role is primarily backend-focused with strong emphasis on Go development, Kubernetes (EKS) operations, and cloud-native architecture. It supports R&D teams working in a fast-paced, distributed environment. This is a full-time remote role with working hours aligned to PST/PDT business hours.

Location:

Quantori is an international team: we have colleagues who work not only from office but also remotely from all over the world. You can choose whether you want to work remotely or from our offices in Tbilisi, Yerevan, Astana or Lisbon. All positions are available for remote work.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain Go-based backend services, including APIs and internal processing components  

• Build and extend APIs supporting scientific and computational workflows  

• Deploy, operate, and troubleshoot services in Kubernetes (EKS) environments  

• Implement and maintain observability systems (logging, monitoring, alerting) to ensure system reliability and performance  

• Define key system metrics, build dashboards, and set up proactive alerting mechanisms

• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth integration with cloud-native systems  

• Participate in system design discussions with a focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and observability  

• Monitor production systems and proactively resolve incidents and performance issues  

• Contribute to and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows  

• Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code following engineering best practices  

• Support and mentor junior engineers when needed  

What we expect:

• Strong hands-on experience building production-grade backend systems in Go  

• Proven experience with Kubernetes (preferably AWS EKS) in production environments  

• Solid background in designing and implementing RESTful APIs or similar service interfaces  

• Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture principles  

• Experience working with production observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK, OpenTelemetry)  

• Working knowledge of AWS services (EKS, EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, etc.)  

• Strong Linux fundamentals and ability to troubleshoot system-level issues  

• Proficiency with Git and modern development workflows  

• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills across application and infrastructure layers 

• Working hours must overlap with US Pacific Time (12:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST)

We offer:

• Competitive compensation

• Remote work

• Flexible working hours

• A team with excellent tech expertise