Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)

📍 MD, RO (Remote) 💼 Full-time
We're looking for a Backend Engineer, with expertise in Golang, to join our team.

About the Opportunity

Join FulmenFlux and work directly with high-growth tech companies from Silicon Valley, London, and Berlin—without leaving Moldova. You’ll be embedded as a core team member in innovative software companies, building products used by millions while earning competitive compensation that values your expertise.

What You’ll Do

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll be the technical backbone for our partner companies, designing and building scalable systems that power their growth:

  • Architect Distributed Systems: Design microservices architectures that handle millions of requests daily, leveraging Golang’s concurrency patterns and performance advantages
  • Drive Technical Decisions: Lead system design discussions, propose architectural improvements, and mentor team members on best practices
  • Build for Scale: Develop high-performance APIs, implement event-driven architectures, and optimize database queries for sub-100ms response times
  • Own End-to-End: Take features from technical specification through deployment, monitoring, and optimization
  • Collaborate Globally: Work directly with CTOs and engineering teams in PST/EST/GMT time zones, participating in architecture reviews and strategic planning

Technical Requirements

Core Expertise

  • 5+ years of backend development experience, with 3+ years of production Golang
  • Deep understanding of Go’s concurrency model (goroutines, channels, sync primitives)
  • Experience building RESTful and gRPC APIs at scale
  • Strong knowledge of microservices patterns and distributed systems principles

System Design & Architecture

  • Proven track record designing systems handling 100K+ RPS
  • Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS)
  • Database expertise across SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (Redis, MongoDB, Cassandra)
  • Understanding of CAP theorem, consistency models, and distributed transactions
  • Container orchestration with Kubernetes and Docker

Modern Backend Stack

  • Cloud platforms: AWS/GCP/Azure (at least one in production)
  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
  • Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, distributed tracing
  • CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
  • Message queuing and streaming systems

Engineering Excellence

  • Test-driven development with >80% code coverage standards
  • Performance profiling and optimization experience
  • Security best practices and OWASP knowledge
  • Code review expertise and mentoring capabilities

Soft Skills We Value

  • Fluent English (written and spoken) - you’ll communicate daily with international teams
  • Strong problem-solving abilities and analytical thinking
  • Self-motivated with excellent time management
  • Comfortable with asynchronous communication
  • Ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
  • Proactive approach to learning new technologies

What We Offer

Competitive Compensation:

  • Performance bonuses tied to client satisfaction
  • Annual salary reviews

Growth & Development:

  • Work on diverse projects with cutting-edge technologies
  • Access to learning platforms and certification programs
  • Mentorship from senior architects
  • Clear career progression path

Work-Life Balance:

  • Flexible working hours (core hours: 2 PM - 6 PM to overlap with European/US clients)
  • Hybrid work model - choose between office collaboration or remote flexibility
  • 21 days paid vacation + Moldovan public holidays
  • Sick leave and personal days

Additional Benefits:

  • Premium health insurance
  • Modern office in central Chisinau with ergonomic workstations
  • Latest MacBook Pro or equivalent
  • Team events and knowledge-sharing sessions
  • Relocation assistance for candidates outside Chisinau

Why FulmenFlux?

You’re not just joining another outsourcing company. You’re becoming part of dedicated development teams that are core to our clients’ success. Our engineers don’t work on short-term projects—they build long-term products and grow with the companies they serve.

Our clients specifically choose us because we provide engineers who think like owners, communicate like teammates, and deliver like their business depends on it—because it does.

Ready to Join Us?
Send your CV and GitHub profile and we will get contact you as soon as possible:

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FulmenFlux is an equal opportunity employer committed to building diverse teams.