Golang Backend Developer

We are growing. And we are looking for talented people. At Decskill, we believe that technological excellence is driven by human talent. We are an IT consulting company with more than 10 years of consolidated experience in the market, focused on building long-term relationships with both our clients and our people. Today, we are a community of over 800 professionals, working from Lisbon, Porto, and Madrid, contributing to impactful technology initiatives. As part of the Astek Group, we combine a strong local culture with a global presence, being active in around 23 countries across 4 continents. This allows us to offer an international context, diverse challenges, and long-term career opportunities, while staying close to our teams. We would like to meet a Golang Backend Developer for a project in Oporto.

Responsibilities:
• Develop, maintain and continuously improve cloud-native backend services using Go (Golang).
• Design and implement scalable, resilient microservices to support a global customer platform.
• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs, ensuring seamless communication between backend and frontend components.
• Collaborate with frontend developers, product owners, architects and engineers to deliver new features and enhancements.
• Participate in technical discussions and contribute to solution design and architecture decisions.
• Ensure code quality through automated testing, debugging, code reviews and development best practices.
• Troubleshoot technical issues, resolve defects and optimize application performance.
• Participate in Agile/Scrum ceremonies and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support the reliability, scalability and availability of customer-facing applications.

Requirements:
• Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 2+ years of experience in backend software development using Go (Golang).
• Experience developing and maintaining microservices-based applications.
• Strong experience designing, developing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized applications.
• Solid knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with software testing, debugging and version control (Git).
• Experience working with Agile methodologies, preferably Scrum or SAFe.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Azure and cloud-native solutions (nice to have).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices and Kubernetes (nice to have).
• Knowledge of distributed systems and event-driven architectures (nice to have).
• Knowledge of Angular or willingness to learn it (nice to have).
• Fluent in English (B2+
- is mandatory). Are you looking for an environment that values curiosity and commitment? Here, your contribution has real impact and individual growth is taken seriously. Find with us the right opportunity to grow What you can expect from us
• Long-term projects with national and international context
• Opportunities to grow technically and professionally
• A people-first culture, focused on transparency and trust
• Teams that value ownership, collaboration and stability Join us Send us your CV in English to marta.fonseca@decskill.com with reference “MF / GO”. Your next challenge might start here. At Decskill, we are committed to equal opportunities and non-discrimination. We promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, where recruitment and career progression are based solely on talent, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, race, nationality, or any other form of discrimination incompatible with human dignity.