Senior Back End Engineer - Golang

HDFC Bank · India

Job Purpose · Be part of the backend engineering team in Enterprise Factory to design, build and maintain Golang-based microservices powering critical retail banking channels of HDFC Bank, with a strong focus on performance, reliability and security.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain Golang- based microservices and batch programs using gRPC, REST and GoRoutines, meeting agreed availability, performance and scalability targets.
• Contribute to solution design by translating functional and non-functional requirements into robust service contracts and data models.
• Implement secure coding practices, input validation and proper error handling in line with bank's security and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, BAs and QA to refine user stories clarify technical approaches and ensure end-to-end delivery quality.
• Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback and ensure adherence to coding standards and best practices.
• Ensure clear, maintainable inline code documentation and technical notes to support future enhancements and production support.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, build and deployment automation for SIT, UAT and production environments where required.
• Continuously upgrade self and team capability in Golang, cloud-native patterns, databases and backend technologies relevant to the stack.

Requirements: 8-10 years of experience.

At least 3+ years of hands-on experience developing APIs and microservices in Golang, including gRPC and REST. · Strong experience with GoRoutines, channels and concurrency patterns. · Experience in designing and implementing microservices architectures, including service discovery, configuration and observability basics (logging, metrics, tracing). · Good understanding and practical experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, data modeling and

persistence layer integration from Golang services.