Senior Software Engineer// Lead Analyst - Go Lang developer

Position Description: Company Profile: Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com. Job Title: Senior Software Engineer/ Lead Analyst - Go Lang developer Position: Senior Software Engineer// Lead Analyst Experience: 5-7 Years Category: Software development / Engineering Shift: General Shift Main location: Bangalore/Hyderabad/Chennai/Pune/Mumbai Position ID: J0426-0744 Employment Type: Full Time Education Qualification: Bachelors degree in computer science or related field or higher with minimum 3 years of relevant experience. Position Description: We are looking for an experienced Go Lang Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate should be passionate about coding and developing scalable and high-performance applications. You will work closely with our back-end developers, designers, and other members of the team to deliver quality solutions that meet the needs of our clients. Your future duties and responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend services and microservices using Go (Golang). Build and optimize REST APIs, WebSocket-based real-time systems, and gRPC services for scalable distributed applications. Develop resilient, fault-tolerant services with robust error handling, logging, observability, and retry mechanisms. Design and implement event-driven architectures using NATS and Kafka. Create efficient data access layers, schema designs, and query strategies for PostgreSQL and Cassandra. Implement advanced caching strategies using Redis to improve application performance and reduce latency. Build secure authentication and authorization mechanisms for internal and external APIs. Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes. Work with AWS and Azure services to build and maintain cloud-native applications. Collaborate closely with frontend, DevOps, QA, and product teams to deliver reliable and scalable solutions. Contribute to architecture discussions, code reviews, technical standards, and engineering best practices. Required qualifications to be successful in this role: Must-Have Skills: Golang Expertise Strong understanding of Go language internals and runtime behaviour Advanced experience with: oconcurrency patterns ogoroutines and channels osynchronization primitives ocontext propagation and cancellation omemory management and garbage collection oprofiling tools such as pprof and benchmarking techniques Databases and Caching Strong hands-on experience with PostgreSQL Experience with Cassandra or other NoSQL databases Strong understanding of database schema design, indexing, query optimization, and performance tuning Experience implementing caching strategies using Redis Messaging and Event Streaming Hands-on experience with message brokers / event streaming platforms such as: oNATS oKafka Good understanding of asynchronous communication, consumer groups, event ordering, retries, and failure handling Cloud, Containers, and DevOps Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes Experience deploying and managing services on AWS and/or Azure Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices Strong knowledge of Git-based workflows and release processes Good-to-Have Skills: Familiarity in using AI tools like GitHub CO-Pilot and Codex Exposure to service mesh, API gateways, and cloud-native observability tools Experience with distributed tracing, metrics, and centralized logging Knowledge of security best practices for APIs and distributed systems Contributions to open-source projects or technical communities Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments #LI-SB15 CGI is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, CGI is committed to providing accommodation for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require reasonable accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs. Skills: Amazon Web Services Cloud GIT Communication Go RESTful (Rest-APIs) What you can expect from us: Together, as owners, lets turn meaningful insights into action. Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, youll reach your full potential because You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction. Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise. Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons. Come join our teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.