Description
Ciklum is looking for an Expert Go Developer to join our team full-time in Ukraine.
We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.
About the role:
As an Expert Go Developer, become a part of a cross-functional development team building a multi-agent AI system, trained with comprehensive threat intelligence, that performs automated triage and suggests responses across all your systems with full context on the intricacies of your business and preferences.
Responsibilities

• Lead the development process, including reviewing requirements, planning, and identifying potential issues
• Proactively engage in the design of technical solutions and implement complex backend features from start to finish, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals
• Drive and participate in multiple aspects of the SDLC, including planning, development, testing, and deployment
• Perform comprehensive code reviews to ensure high code quality and facilitate knowledge sharing within the team
• Communicate with the team and client to clarify requirements and share the outcomes
• Establish and refine the team’s engineering and quality standards, and ensure team members adhere to these standards
• Engage in the technical interviewing process

Requirements
We know that sometimes, you can’t tick every box. We would still love to hear from you if you think you’re a good fit!

• Proven track record of successfully leading and mentoring engineering teams

Software Design:

• Comprehensive understanding of paradigms, principles, and methodologies such as SOLID, GRASP, TDD, and DDD
• Strong foundation in designing solutions that adhere to development standards focused on scalability and performance

Software Development:

• Extensive proficiency in Go and knowledge of essential third-party libraries and tools
• Deep understanding of Go’s core internals, memory management, and concurrency mechanisms
• Commercial experience working with Python is a big plus
• Thorough understanding of both RDBMS and No SQL databases, skilled in developing high-performance queries, performing optimizations, and structuring databases
• Extensive experience with both monolithic and distributed architectures (e.g., microservices, SOA), including their methodologies and best practices
• Advanced experience in utilizing communication protocols and tools (e.g., message brokers, HTTP, Web Sockets)
• Experience in deploying and managing applications within cloud environment on AWS

Quality Assurance:

• High proficiency with widely used testing frameworks and tools
• Experience in continuously improving project quality by establishing a code review process, setting quality metrics, actively monitoring them, and defining and maintaining a testing strategy (tools, types, metrics)

Software Deployment:

• Proficiency in container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Practical experience with software deployment and configuration in cloud environments (including pipelines and deployment patterns)

Desirable

• Demonstrated proficiency in web scraping techniques to efficiently extract and process large-scale datasets from diverse online sources
• Commercial experience working with LLMs, particularly in data ingestion and preparation

Personal skills

• Communication is a key. You speak and write in English fluently or at least at upper-intermediate level

Accountability:

• Following the “said and done” principle
• Accountability for the scope of team’s work

Drive:

• Proactive in efforts to deliver results according to the expectations
• Suggesting new ideas, looking for alternative solutions

Self – development:

• Eager to learn and grow: curios, keen to constant self-development
• Constantly improving own mastership

Effective communication:

• Ability to express ideas, thoughts and questions simply, concisely and in a structured way
• Creating open feedback culture
• Clear communication of risks and consequences

Team management:

• Effective teamwork organization

Process improvement:

• Skilled in technical risks mitigation
• Orchestrating the delivery process improvements with the feedback-driven approach

People Development:

• Taking active steps towards the team’s professional skills improvement

What's in it for you

• Care: your mental and physical health is our priority. We ensure comprehensive company-paid medical insurance, Mental Health programs, as well as financial and legal consultations
• Tailored education path: boost your skills and knowledge with our regular internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy license, language courses and company-paid certifications
• Growth environment: share your experience and level up your expertise with a community of skilled professionals, locally and globally
• Own your schedule – you are the one to decide when to start your working day. Just don’t miss your regular team stand-up
• Opportunities: we value our specialists and always find the best options for them. Our Internal Mobility Program helps change a project if needed to help you grow, excel professionally and fulfill your potential
• Global impact: work on large-scale projects that redefine industries with international and fast-growing clients
• Welcoming environment: feel empowered with a friendly team, open-door policy, informal atmosphere within the company and regular team-building events

About us:
Discover the pros of 20-year global experience! Join one of the largest IT companies in Ukraine, awarded as one of the top 10 employers in Ukraine by Forbes.
Boost your skills and make a difference with cutting-edge projects, skilled colleagues and the latest tech stacks.
Ciklum has been recognised as a veteran-friendly business by the Veteran Hub in Ukraine.
We’re committed to creating a welcoming environment for veterans and developing processes that meet their needs. We value the skills and unique perspectives military veterans can bring to our business and are willing to support their transition to civilian life.
Be bold, not bored!
Experiences of tomorrow. Engineered together
Interested already?

We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. Can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.