Tech Lead (Go) - Software Engineering
About this job
We are looking for a strong Tech Lead with deep software engineering and backend expertise to lead a small engineering team and take ownership of technical decisions, architecture, and engineering quality. This is a hands-on role — you will drive the technical direction of the team while staying deeply involved in production development, architecture, and solving complex engineering challenges. You will lead a small cross-functional team consisting of 3 Software Engineers and 2 QA Engineers. Our core backend stack is Go, so we are looking for someone with strong commercial Golang experience and a solid background in building scalable, distributed systems. We also expect you to actively leverage AI tools to improve engineering quality, productivity, and development velocity. Responsibilities • Lead the technical direction of the team and own key architecture decisions. • Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs using Go. • Stay hands-on with production code and solve complex technical challenges. • Design reliable, scalable, and maintainable distributed systems. • Lead code reviews and maintain high engineering standards across the team. • Improve system performance, reliability, observability, and scalability. • Identify technical risks, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement. • Mentor Software Engineers and support their technical growth. • Help increase team productivity and improve engineering efficiency. • Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and other engineering teams. • Continuously improve development processes, engineering practices, and delivery quality. • Actively use AI-powered development tools to accelerate engineering workflows and improve code quality. Requirements • 7+ years of software engineering experience. • Strong commercial experience with Go (Golang). • Strong backend and software engineering background. • Experience designing scalable architectures and distributed systems. • Strong understanding of microservices architecture and asynchronous communication patterns. • Solid experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, and REST APIs. • Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar. • Experience with Docker and CI/CD pipelines. • Experience leading engineers and driving technical and architectural decisions. • Strong hands-on approach — you are comfortable staying close to the code and contributing to production development. • Strong understanding of engineering best practices, code quality, testing, and system reliability. • Experience using AI development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar in daily development. Nice to Have • Experience with Kubernetes and GitOps. • Experience building high-load or high-availability systems. • Experience with event-driven architectures. • Experience with Web3, blockchain, fintech, or other transaction-heavy products. • Experience integrating LLM APIs or AI capabilities into production products. • Experience with TypeScript / Node.js or other backend technologies. Benefits • Professional growth: support for courses, conferences, and English learning (up to 100% coverage). • Work-life fit: remote or hybrid format with flexible hours across international teams. • Paid leave: up to 20 vacation days + 8 company holidays + 5 personal days per year • Recognition programs: structured performance reviews and team awards. • Team culture: retreats in international locations (for example, company apartments in Cyprus).