Senior Go Engineer

Our client is looking for a Senior Go Engineer to join their engineering team and support the development of secure, scalable, and reliable backend services for an international business. This role is ideal for a backend engineer with strong hands-on experience in Go / Golang, AWS, microservices, secure engineering practices, and modern AI-assisted development workflows. You will be involved across the full software delivery lifecycle, from design and development through to testing, deployment, and ongoing service reliability.  Key Responsibilities Design, build, test, and maintain production-grade Go microservices. Develop secure backend services with strong attention to input validation, encryption, secrets management, and secure-by-design engineering principles. Own the delivery lifecycle for assigned work, including design, development, testing, and deployment to non-production environments. Write and maintain unit, contract, and integration tests as a core part of delivery. Contribute to code reviews as both reviewer and author, ensuring quality, maintainability, and proper review standards. Work closely with business analysts and QA engineers to clarify requirements, define test scenarios, prepare test data, and support automation. Use AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar tools to improve development productivity. Contribute to engineering standards, delivery improvements, and internal best practices. Participate in team ceremonies, technical discussions, and showcase demonstrations. Support infrastructure-as-code and service configuration in line with existing engineering patterns. Key Requirements 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience. At least 2+ years of experience building and delivering production Go / Golang microservices. Experience working with enterprise clients or complex engineering environments. Strong AWS experience, particularly with services such as Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, KMS, and VPC. Strong understanding of observability, reliability, and production support principles. Strong testing discipline, with experience writing unit, contract, and integration tests. Daily hands-on experience using AI-native engineering tools such as Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or similar. Strong written and spoken English communication skills. Comfortable collaborating with teams across Manila and Melbourne time zones. Nice to Have Experience in card issuing, payments, core banking, fintech, or financial services. Experience with event-driven architecture or event-based systems. Exposure to regulated Australian financial services environments. Experience contributing to internal engineering standards, AI engineering playbooks, or delivery improvement initiatives. Ability to work from a secure Manila-based facility when required, using provisioned equipment under client security standards.