GO Developer Opportunities
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Expected Start: Future Opportunities
Contract Length: Typically 9 Months (with possibility of extension)
Are you a Go (Golang) Developer looking for your next challenge? At Raise, we’re building a talent pipeline for a leading enterprise client in Toronto who is preparing to expand their backend development team. If you're passionate about building scalable, event-driven systems using GO, we want to hear from you.
This is not for a current opening—but for upcoming opportunities we expect to move quickly on. Apply now to get ahead of the process and be among the first to be considered.
What You'll Work On
As a Go (Go lang) Developer, you’ll contribute to mission-critical projects in a high-impact environment. You’ll:
- Analyze complex business requirements and design scalable, event-driven software solutions.
- Develop, test, and deploy microservices using Go and containerized infrastructure.
- Work in an Agile team attending ceremonies and collaborating on architectural decisions.
- Create technical documentation with tools like Vision, PlantUML, and Confluence.
- Leverage monitoring tools and CI/CD pipelines to ensure code quality and system health.
Must-Have Skills
- 3–5+ years of Go (Golang) development experience. More senior roles, while still hands-on will include system design and architecture.
- 5–7+ years of overall software development experience.
- Event-Driven Architecture: design experience using Solace or Kafka (preferably Solace).
- Strong knowledge of Pub/Sub messaging patterns and asynchronous systems.
- Experience with CI/CD, REST/RPC APIs, and SQL databases.
- Hands-on experience with containers (OCP preferred; Kubernetes or Docker also acceptable).
- Familiarity with monitoring tools like Grafana, Splunk, Prometheus, or AWS CloudWatch.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with Azure DevOps.
- Familiarity with Choreography patterns in distributed systems.
- NoSQL exposure (MongoDB, Azure SQL MI, etc.).
This role is hybrid, based in Toronto, with on-site attendance required 2 days per week. Contracts are typically 9 months with high potential for extension based on performance and team needs.
Apply now to express your interest and be first in line when these exciting opportunities become active. Please include on your resume GitHub repo links, open source project contributions, or code samples if available.
Looking for meaningful work? We can help!
Raise is an established hiring firm with over 65 years of experience. We believe strongly in making the world a better place through work, which is why we’re a certified B Corporation and donate 10% of our profits to charity.
We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.
We have a dedicated webpage for accommodations where you can learn more about what we offer, and request accommodation: https://raise.jobs/accommodations/
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