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Back End Go Developer

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We are seeking a Back End Go Developer to help design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend services and APIs that power enterprise applications and digital platforms. This role will contribute to the delivery of reliable, secure, and maintainable software solutions while collaborating closely with product managers, frontend developers, QA engineers, architects, and DevOps teams.

You'll be part of a high-performing team focused on delivering innovative software solutions that provide real business value. Working at Magna means collaborating with engineers and product teams who bring diverse expertise and are passionate about building scalable, resilient, and impactful software systems.

Key Responsibilities

Back End Go Developer

  • Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services and APIs using Go (Golang).
  • Collaborate with product owners, software architects, frontend developers, QA engineers, and DevOps teams to deliver new features and enhancements.
  • Develop scalable and maintainable microservices and distributed applications.
  • Design and implement RESTful APIs, gRPC services, and event-driven integrations.
  • Build secure, performant, and reliable backend systems that adhere to established architecture and development standards.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following industry best practices.
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving code quality and engineering practices across teams.
  • Design and implement data access layers, business logic, and integration services.
  • Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues, application defects, and performance bottlenecks.
  • Develop automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure software quality.
  • Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation processes.
  • Work with cloud services, containerized environments, and orchestration platforms.
  • Monitor application performance, availability, and operational health.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API specifications, and implementation details.
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Contribute to ongoing modernization and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Qualifications / Requirements

Education

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.

Experience

  • 3+ years of professional software development experience.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience developing backend applications using Go (Golang).
  • Strong understanding of software design principles, object-oriented programming concepts, and distributed systems.
  • Experience developing RESTful APIs, gRPC services, and service-oriented architectures.
  • Experience building microservices and event-driven applications.
  • Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or MySQL.
  • Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Redis, or DynamoDB.
  • Familiarity with messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, or similar platforms.
  • Experience implementing automated testing, including unit, integration, and API testing.
  • Experience with Git-based source control workflows and modern branching strategies.
  • Understanding of CI/CD practices and deployment automation.
  • Experience working with Docker and containerized applications.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Experience working within Agile development teams using tools such as Jira and Confluence.
  • Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Nice to Have

  • Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
  • Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms.
  • Knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), CQRS, and event sourcing patterns.
  • Experience implementing observability solutions, including logging, monitoring, and distributed tracing.
  • Familiarity with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications and API governance standards.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
  • Knowledge of security best practices including authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure coding principles.
  • Experience working with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, and identity management solutions.
  • Familiarity with performance tuning, capacity planning, and scalability optimization.
  • Experience supporting highly available production systems in enterprise environments.
  • Exposure to GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, or similar CI/CD tools.
  • Experience developing enterprise-scale microservices architectures.
  • Experience designing integrations between ERP, warehouse management, manufacturing, and third-party systems.
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures and asynchronous messaging patterns.
  • Experience implementing RBAC, authentication, authorization, and audit logging capabilities.
  • Ability to contribute to architecture governance and technical design reviews.
  • Experience supporting mission-critical applications with high availability and reliability requirements.
  • Understanding of cloud-native application development and modernization strategies.
  • Experience working within cross-functional teams spanning product, architecture, security, QA, and operations.

About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

Things to know before you apply

  • Work authorization: Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
  • Accommodations: If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.
  • AI in hiring: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to help us screen and assess applications more efficiently. Our team performs additional human review and ultimately decides who moves forward in our hiring process.
  • Open position: Unless otherwise stated, this job posting is for an open position on our team.
  • Language proficiency: We ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you’ll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.
  • Inclusion: Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Benefits that help you thrive and grow

Our benefits program is built with you in mind—so you can enjoy a fulfilling, balanced and healthy life.

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Financial wellbeing

We regularly review market data to ensure compensation reflects the value you bring. Your benefits extend beyond pay and may include financial education, a pension plan with matching contributions, etc.

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Physical and mental health

We empower you to prioritize your wellbeing through paid time off, flexible working where possible, healthcare plans, counselling, our Mental Health Allyship program and more. 

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Your career, your way

With 350,000+ roles at Cognizant, you’ll have opportunities explore new technologies, industries and locations—and build the skills you need to grow your career.

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Real-world impact

Think about the biggest brands you rely on. Chances are, they rely on us to help strengthen their business. Here, you’ll turn bold ideas into solutions that improve lives everywhere.

Your path to Cognizant

Here’s what you can expect from our hiring process. Please keep in mind that it may vary by role and location. Explore our FAQs to learn more.

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Step 2: Connect with your recruiter

If one of our recruiters sees a fit, they’ll set up a short intro call to learn more about you and how your experiences and skills match the role.

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Step 3: Show off your skills

If you and our team would like to continue the process, you’ll interview with our hiring team. Some roles may also require technical assessments and/or client interviews.

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Step 4: Decision time

Our team will then review each candidates’ potential to succeed in the role. This step may take some time because we want to find the right fit for both you and us—but you can count on us to keep you updated.

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