Senior Platform Engineer (Golang and AWS) – Start January 2026 – 100% Remote
Projektbewertung
Die Ausschreibung bietet eine sehr detaillierte und klare Beschreibung der Anforderungen für einen Senior Platform Engineer mit Fokus auf Golang und AWS, inklusive 100% Remote-Arbeit und einem konkreten Starttermin, wodurch sie für hochqualifizierte Entwickler sehr attraktiv erscheint.
we are looking for external support starting January 2026 in the role of a Senior Platform Engineer (m/f/d).
The position is 100% remote.
Important note: Candidates must have strong expertise in both Golang and AWS.
We are not looking for generic backend engineers or cloud engineers — only developers who are proven in both areas. I have been working with Golang and AWS myself for more than 10 years, and I will personally conduct the technical interviews.
(CET/CEST).
Core Skills – Must-Haves
Golang
• Excellent knowledge of Golang programming
• Test-Driven Development (TDD)
• Table-Driven Testing
• Interface Design
• Idiomatic Golang development (Standard Library first)
AWS
• DynamoDB single-table design
o One-to-many / many-to-many relationships
o Composite key design based on access patterns
• EventBridge (event-driven architectures, e.g. aggregator pattern)
• IAM and KMS (security concepts)
• VPC networking
• API Gateway (public-facing API design)
• Step Functions
• Lambda
• CloudWatch (monitoring & logging)
• CodePipeline, staging, canary releases
• AWS cost awareness (cost management)
• CloudFront
• Route53
• CDK (Infrastructure as Code, in our case: Go)
General Knowledge (also important)
• DNS fundamentals
• TLS / Certificates
Nice-to-have Skills
• Bash
• Networking fundamentals
• OAuth2
• Observability & Tracing (OpenTelemetry, X-Ray, etc.)
Engagement Details
• Start: 01.01.2026
• Senior-level role