Build and operate backend services in Golang, designing microservices and distributed systems for high-throughput transaction processing. Develop event-driven architectures using messaging systems such as Kafka and RabbitMQ, work with relational and NoSQL databases, and deploy containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes. Fintech or payments production experience is ideal, while PHP experience is beneficial.
• Strong commercial experience building backend services in Golang (PHP experience is a bonus)
• Proven experience designing and operating microservices architectures, ideally in production fintech or payments environments
• Solid understanding of concurrent, distributed systems and high throughput transaction processing
• Experience with event driven architectures and messaging systems (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Strong experience working with relational and NoSQL datastores (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB, BigQuery)
• Hands on experience deploying and running services in containerised environments using Docker and Kubernetes
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