Senior Back End Developer
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Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)
.Monks Technology Services, part of Media.Monks and S4 Capital, is a global consulting firm mastering AI-powered transformations for the Fortune 100. We combine long-term strategic thinking, deep enterprise experience, and a human-centered approach to help clients transform business processes and dominate their industries.
About the Role
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you’ll architect, build, and optimize resilient, cloud-native services that power mission-critical products for enterprise clients across industries. You’ll lead with a backend-first mindset, driving performance, scalability, and reliability while collaborating across product, platform, and DevOps teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services in Go (Golang)
- Develop and optimize RESTful APIs, authentication flows, and robust data models
- Implement event-driven and serverless architectures to support high-throughput systems
- Integrate with SQL and NoSQL databases; tune queries and ensure data integrity
- Define and manage infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and modern Git-based workflows
- Containerize applications with Docker and orchestrate deployments with Kubernetes
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, reliable, and maintainable solutions
- Troubleshoot production issues; drive root-cause analysis and continuous improvement
- Contribute to code reviews, engineering standards, and technical documentation
- Other duties as assigned
About You
Qualifications & Skills
- 5+ years of relevant backend engineering experience
- Strong proficiency in Go (Golang); working knowledge of JavaScript/Node.js
- Solid understanding of RESTful API design, authentication, and data modeling
- Experience with serverless and event-driven patterns
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and DevOps practices
- Strong knowledge of databases: SQL (e.g., PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB)
- Proficient with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development workflows
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience building and deploying cloud-native applications in AWS
- Contributions to open-source projects, technical blogs, or developer communities
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At .Monks Technology Services, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.
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About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.