Lead GoLang AWS Developer - LATAM Remote

Location: Colombia, Argentina

Workplace: remote

Employment Type: contract

Description

Workstate seeks a Lead GoLang AWS Developer to join our team! In this role, you will be responsible for providing hands on agile tech leadership for our team developing and managing cloud-based applications using Go and AWS technologies. If you are passionate about building scalable and efficient applications while delivering exceptional value to our clients, you'll fit right in at Workstate.

We aim to engage consultants who can motivate and galvanize our clients, while diving deeply into the work at hand and envisioning future projects. Our consultants are skilled decision-makers, committed to championing client visions and driving quality results.

This position is a full-time, remote opportunity, available to people residing in Colombia or Argentina.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of professional experience and have demonstrated some of the following skills professionally, but not necessarily all:

• A track record as a technical leader with teamwide impact.
• Experience leading development teams in an agile context.
• Experience decomposing and assigning work to your team members.
• Experience removing blockers, pulling devs out of blind alleys, and maintaining forward momentum.

• Proficient in GoLang and its frameworks
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (e.g., RKS, MSK, EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway)
• Knowledge of microservices architecture
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Kafka and/or other messaging and queueing frameworks
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases
• Strong understanding of RESTful API design and development
• Experience working within an Agile team environment
• B2 level (upper-intermediate) or higher English language competency with ability to communicate effectively in professional settings, both written and verbal.