QA Automation | Go + Kubernetes

QA Automation | Go + Kubernetes

Location:

• Mexico | Remote

Must have skills:

• Go
• AWS
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• gRPC

Requirements:

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with strong hands-on experience using Golang in production systems.
• Deep understanding of Go idioms, concurrency, memory management, error handling, and interface-based design.
• Experience building greenfield services or working on 0 to 1 product phases in dynamic, cross-functional teams.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, gRPC APIs, and microservice architectures.
• Proficient with cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP), containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, CloudWatch) for debugging and reliability.
• Strong design instincts with experience building systems that scale across teams and services.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity, shifting priorities, and loosely defined problem spaces.
• Clear written and verbal communication, with a collaborative and ownership-driven mindset.
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and passionate about code quality, best practices, continuous delivery, and automated testing
• Ability to work directly with the customer without supervision
• English level B2 or higher

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with Python, especially in the context of prototyping or integration with legacy systems.
• Experience working with GraphQL, RESTAPI, and Kafka in a production setting.
• Practical knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Exposure to semantic versioning, API backward compatibility strategies, and contract-first development.
• Contributions to internal platform patterns or engineering-wide architecture reviews.

Originally posted on Himalayas