About Careertakes

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Role Overview

Confidential Client is hiring a Software Engineer (Golang / Platform Engineer) to join a Cloud Foundation Services team focused on building scalable platform services and CI/CD for production systems. This is a full-time role based in New Jersey (NJ), US.

• Primary focus: platform engineering (not traditional application development)
• Core stack: Go (Golang), Kubernetes (AWS EKS), Terraform / IaC, CI/CD pipelines

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What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and platform components in Go.
• Develop and maintain APIs with production-grade reliability, observability, and rate limiting.
• Deploy and operate workloads on Kubernetes running in AWS EKS.
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform and follow best practices for environment provisioning and drift control.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines to improve release velocity and reliability.
• Collaborate with SRE, security, and product engineering teams to define SLAs, monitoring, and failure recovery.
• Implement patterns for API correlation, backup handling, and graceful degradation under load.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to design reviews and platform standards.

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Must-have Qualifications

• Strong, hands-on experience with Go (Golang) and production API development.
• Demonstrated experience with Kubernetes and AWS EKS (deploying and operating applications).
• Practical experience using Terraform or equivalent IaC tools.
• Track record building scalable platform services and CI/CD pipelines.
• Deep understanding of Go concurrency primitives (goroutines, channels) and related patterns.
• Experience with rate limiting, request correlation/tracing, and backup/restore considerations for services.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science, engineering, or related field (preferred per source).

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Preferred Qualifications

• Prior role labeled as Platform Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, or Backend Engineer focusing on platform services.
• Familiarity with cloud-native observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Experience with service meshes, API gateways, or advanced networking on Kubernetes.
• Practice with automated testing at service and platform levels.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams in an agile environment.

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Compensation & Logistics

• Employment type: FULL_TIME
• Location: New Jersey (NJ), United States — on-site or hybrid arrangements should be confirmed during interview
• Visa sponsorship: Not specified; confirm with recruiter
• Salary: Not listed in source posting

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Why Join (What You’ll Get)

• Opportunity to influence platform architecture and developer experience at scale.
• Work on cloud-native systems using modern tooling (Go, Kubernetes, Terraform).
• Collaborative engineering culture with cross-functional teams and mentorship opportunities.
• Access to additional roles and career support via Careertakes.

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Keywords & Skills (for search / ATS)

• Software Engineer, Golang, Go, Platform Engineer, Kubernetes, AWS EKS, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, Site Reliability, API development

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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