Senior/Lead Golang Software Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE Join SoftServe as a Senior Go Engineer embedded within a leading GPU cloud and AI infrastructure platform that operates a large-scale distributed environment across more than 5,000 machines. You will contribute directly to production systems from day one, working alongside the client's engineering team to improve platform reliability, resolve complex customer-facing issues, and enhance key infrastructure components across API, control plane, and fleet-management services. RESPONSIBILITIES Investigate, diagnose, and resolve complex production issues across APIs, control plane services, and web applications, ensuring reliable customer experiences and platform stability Own bug resolution from analysis through implementation, delivering high-quality fixes that improve system consistency, accuracy, and performance Collaborate closely with client engineers, infrastructure specialists, and observability stakeholders to identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions Develop and enhance Go-based services running across a fleet of 5,000+ machines, improving maintainability, resilience, and operational efficiency Increase test coverage and establish effective testing strategies for services interacting with operating system components and external commands Refactor existing code to improve context propagation, cancellation handling, concurrency patterns, and overall software quality Contribute to the modernization of the client's Terraform provider, expanding support across the full platform API and improving the developer experience Balance technical debt remediation with business priorities, making pragmatic engineering decisions that support long-term platform evolution REQUIREMENTS 5+ years of production experience with Go; systems-level engineering in distributed environments will be a plus Ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues in live production systems beyond straightforward defect fixes Understanding of Linux fundamentals, including processes, namespaces, cgroups, and container runtime behavior will be a plus Practical knowledge of concurrency patterns, context management, and scalable distributed system design Networking fundamentals within distributed and multi-region infrastructure environments Experience working with codebases that contain technical debt and the ability to identify high-impact improvement opportunities Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the confidence to work directly with client-side engineers and stakeholders Good English proficiency for effective communication in a global environment