We're looking for a Go Application Architect — someone with hands-on experience implementing AI/ML — to join our client's distributed team. If you're passionate about scalable systems and AI integration, this post is for you.

Remote from EU, Salary: Up to 6200 $/monthly, B2B, Working hours: 09:00-18:00 CEST

Seniority: Architect; 7+ years overall software development and 4-5+ years production Go

Stack/skills: Go, goroutines, channels, context, memory model, distributed and high-load microservices, REST/gRPC, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Kafka/RabbitMQ/NATS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, architecture documentation, AI/LLM integration

Project Responsibilities:

Design and evolve scalable distributed systems in Go with appropriate concurrency models.
Translate high-level business goals into technical plans, architecture, and delivery roadmaps.
Identify edge cases, risks, and technical constraints early.
Represent engineering in external stakeholder meetings and explain trade-offs in business terms.
Lead code and architecture reviews for senior engineers.
Improve CI/CD pipelines and engineering processes.
Produce clear ADRs, technical specifications, and architecture diagrams.
Balance hands-on coding with architectural oversight and team mentoring.

Candidate Portrait:

Senior Go engineer who has grown into an architectural role and can independently our client's complex system design. The person should remain hands-on, guide several development teams, make and justify architectural trade-offs, and communicate decisions clearly to technical and business stakeholders.

Must-have

7+ years of software development and 4-5+ years of production Go.
Deep knowledge of goroutines, channels, context, memory model, and concurrency patterns.
Higher education in Computer Science or software development.
Extensive experience implementing or configuring AI within engineering teams.
FinTech, banking, or another regulated or high-compliance domain.
Distributed, microservice-based, and/or high-load system design.
REST and/or gRPC API design, including versioning and backward compatibility.
Relational database schema design, transactions, and query optimization.
Message brokers and event-driven architecture.
Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices.
Scalability, fault tolerance, security, metrics, logging, and tracing.
Architecture reviews, ADRs, technical specifications, and stakeholder communication.
Readiness to work 09:00-18:00 CEST.
Readiness for a live Go coding task during the client interview.
English — C1

Nice-to-have:

NoSQL or caching technologies such as MongoDB, Cassandra, ClickHouse, or Redis.
AWS, GCP, or Azure and cloud-native architecture.
DDD, SRE practices, AI/LLM production integrations, and open-source Go contributions.
Formal Architect, Staff Engineer, or Principal Engineer experience.
Java, Python, or C++ for cross-team collaboration.

Soft skills

Attention to detail
Responsibility
Strong communication

Go Application Architect (Experience implementing AI/ML)

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