Senior Golang Engineer - EV Charging Platform (OCPI/OCPP) - #1170751

Senior Golang Backend Engineer – EV Charging Platform

Role Overview

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Golang Backend Engineer to develop, enhance, and support a cloud-native EV Charging platform. The role focuses on building scalable backend services, distributed systems, and event-driven workflows while ensuring high availability and production stability.

You will work closely with technical leads, product, infrastructure, and DevOps teams to deliver reliable backend solutions and integrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, RESTful APIs, and microservices using Golang.
• Build scalable event-driven and asynchronous workflows for distributed systems.
• Improve application performance, scalability, reliability, and availability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, performing root cause analysis where required.
• Work with PostgreSQL, including SQL queries, indexing, and performance optimisation.
• Develop and maintain integrations with external platforms and third-party systems.
• Collaborate with DevOps and infrastructure teams on cloud deployments, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality, maintainability, and engineering best practices.
• Take ownership of assigned features and technical deliverables from development through production.

Must-Have Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience developing production applications using Golang (Go).
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and microservices.
• Good understanding of concurrency, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems.
• Strong SQL skills with experience in PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
• Experience with event-streaming technologies such as Kafka.
• Hands-on experience troubleshooting and supporting production systems.
• Experience with cloud-native environments using AWS or Azure.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience working with distributed, real-time, or high-traffic systems.

Good to Have

• Beginner to intermediate knowledge of Java.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog or Sentry.
• Exposure to Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools.
• Experience within EV charging, mobility, IoT, or device-integrated platforms.
• Knowledge of EV charging protocols such as OCPI and OCPP.
• Experience developing real-time and device-integrated systems.

Key Technologies

Golang | REST APIs | Microservices | PostgreSQL | Kafka | AWS/Azure | Docker | Kubernetes | Terraform | Datadog | Sentry | Java | OCPI | OCPP