[MEX] Senior Software Engineer – Go

Responsibilities

You will design and build scalable core platform services and plugin contracts using Go, Kafka, and Google Cloud. Additionally, you will mentor mid-level engineers and set high standards for code quality, testing, and observability.

Requirements

The role requires at least 5 years of backend engineering experience, with a minimum of 3 years specifically in Go. Candidates must have strong expertise in distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and cloud platforms.

Skills

• Go
• Kafka
• Google Cloud
• Distributed systems
• API design
• REST
• gRPC
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Multi-tenancy
• Performance tuning
• CI/CD
• Observability
• Software architecture
• Event-driven systems

Benefits

• Flexible working options
• Remote working options
• Private healthcare
• Life insurance
• Multisport card
• Language classes
• Knowledge-sharing initiatives

About this role

Company Description
Software Mind develops solutions that make an impact for companies around the globe. Tech giants & unicorns, transformative projects, emerging technologies and limitless opportunities – these are a few words that describe an average day for us. Building cross-functional engineering teams that take ownership and crave more means we’re always on the lookout for talented people who bring passion and creativity to every project. Our culture embraces openness, acts with respect, shows grit & guts and combines employment with enjoyment.
Job Description
Project – the aim you’ll have
Our client is a global video-game commerce company whose payments and monetization tools are used by leading game studios worldwide. Software Mind is joining the client's engineering team to build a new LiveOps plugin platform in Go, Kafka and Google Cloud, letting internal teams extend LiveOps through a strict plugin interface. You will work in a small Scrum team alongside the client's technical lead.
Role – how you’ll contribute
Design plugin contracts: APIs, lifecycle, versioning and backward compatibility
Build scalable core platform services in Go
Integrate with the Kafka event hub using idempotent processing and safe retries
Implement failure detection, recovery and graceful degradation
Design for multi-tenancy and isolation between tenants and plugins
Deliver the first plugin (gacha / wheel-of-fortune) end to end
Set standards for code review, testing, CI/CD and observability
Mentor mid-level engineers and partner with the client's technical lead
Qualifications
Expectations – the experience you need
5+ years of backend engineering, 3+ years with Go in production
Distributed systems at high scale, including Kafka or a similar streaming platform
Eventual consistency, idempotency, retries and failure recovery in event-driven systems
Strong Go concurrency and performance tuning skills
Experience with multi-tenant systems and tenant isolation
API and contract design with REST and/or gRPC, including versioning
Google Cloud (or another public cloud), PostgreSQL and Redis
Fluent English (B2+)
Additional skills – the edge you have
Plugin, extension or SDK architecture
Outbox, saga or exactly-once processing patterns
Gaming, iGaming or LiveOps background
Kubernetes (GKE) and Datadog
Additional Information
What we offer:
Flexible and remote cooperation options
International projects with leading global clients
Travels related to international projects
Non-corporate atmosphere
Access* to language classes
Access* to knowledge-sharing initiatives
Access* to private healthcare and life insurance
Access* to multisport card
*The availability and terms of individual benefits may vary depending on the chosen form of cooperation.

About Software Mind

IT Services and IT Consulting · 1,001-5,000 employees · headquartered in Krakow, Malopolskie