Engineering Manager (GoLang)

We have an Immediate Job opportunity for Engineering Manager (GoLang) position.

Job Role: Engineering Manager (GoLang)

Job Location: Dubai, UAE

Experience : 10 to 20 Years

Notice Period: Immediate to 30 days

About Company:

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron’s progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 15,000+, and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets. For more information on the company, please visit our website or LinkedIn communit

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion:

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an affirmative-action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative ‘Same Difference’ is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more. All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant’s gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected.

Job Description:

Senior, hands-on technical lead for backend systems, focused on Go and high-scale services.

Owns architecture, delivery, and mentoring for the onboarding/KYC backend flows.

Design and lead implementation of scalable backend services in Go.

Own system architecture, API design, and service boundaries.

Drive performance, reliability, and security for KYC and verification workflows.

Lead code reviews, enforce quality and best practices.

Mentor engineers, guide technical growth and career development.

Coordinate cross-functional integration with product and QA.

Support CI/CD, observability and incident response.

Required Skills:

10+ years software development experience; strong Go expertise.

Proven experience designing high-scale, distributed systems.

Deep knowledge of RESTful APIs, microservices, and database design.

Familiar with AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS), Docker, and Kubernetes.

Experience with CI/CD, Git, observability (logs/metrics/tracing).

Strong system design, performance tuning, and troubleshooting skills.

Excellent communication and leadership in technical settings.

Fintech or digital wallet experience; regulatory/compliance awareness.

Experience with Kafka/RabbitMQ, Redis, Terraform, Helm.

Experience leading migrations, large-scale refactors, or resilience improvements

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field

Soft Skills:

Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.

Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Positive attitude and strong work ethic.