Senior Golang Engineer

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Skillfield Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year

About Skillfield

Skillfield is a specialist technology consultancy operating at the intersection of cyber, data, and AI. We partner with enterprise clients to protect, transform, and empower their organisations with forward-thinking solutions. Our reputation is built on outcomes, not effort.

The Opportunity

Contract - 6 months fixed term, with potential for extension

Hybrid - Melbourne

We're seeking a
Senior Golang Engineer
with deep expertise in building high-performance, low latency systems to join our engineering team. This role is critical to delivering a specialised decoder capable of capturing and processing high-throughput UDP traffic and pushing it to Kafka with zero packet loss.

This is an exciting opportunity for a developer who thrives on performance challenges, understands the intricacies of Go's concurrency model, and is passionate about writing efficient, production-grade code.

What You'll Do

System Development & Performance Engineering

  • Design and develop high-performance Golang applications for real-time UDP packet capture and Kafka integration.
  • Write highly optimised, memory-efficient Go code with a focus on throughput and reliability.
  • Ensure packet sequence integrity without relying on parallel threads.
  • Implement robust observability using Open Telemetry and other monitoring tools.

Architecture & Collaboration

  • Work within a microservices architecture, contributing to scalable and maintainable system design.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architects, DevOps, and product stakeholders.
  • Translate complex technical requirements into clean, performant implementations.

Best Practices & Innovation

  • Apply deep knowledge of Go's concurrency model (goroutines, channels, etc.) to solve real-time processing challenges.
  • Avoid common pitfalls such as memory leaks, race conditions, and excessive garbage collection.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of development workflows and system observability.

What You'll Bring

  • Proven experience in Golang development for production systems.
  • Strong command of Go's performance tuning, memory management, and concurrency patterns.
  • Recent hands-on experience with Go in high-throughput environments.
  • Expertise in networking, async processing, and Kafka integration.
  • Familiarity with Open Telemetry and observability best practices.
  • Experience working in microservices-based architectures.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Please note successful candidates will be required to sign a general NDA and, where applicable, per project NDAs.

Why Join Skillfield?

  • Be part of a team solving real-world, high-impact engineering challenges.
  • Join a culture that values technical excellence, autonomy, and shared success.
  • Enjoy flexibility, support, and performance-based recognition.

Ready to make a measurable impact?

Apply now and help us deliver impact that matters.

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