Tech Lead (Go) - Software Engineering

# Tech Lead (Go) - Software Engineering > GoMining · Cyprus (Remote) · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-28 **Salary:** From EUR 84,000 **Workplace:** remote **Department:** IT ## Description We are looking for a strong Tech Lead with deep software engineering and backend expertise to lead a small engineering team and take ownership of technical decisions, architecture, and engineering quality. This is a hands-on role — you will drive the technical direction of the team while staying deeply involved in production development, architecture, and solving complex engineering challenges. You will lead a small cross-functional team consisting of 3 Software Engineers and 2 QA Engineers. Our core backend stack is Go, so we are looking for someone with strong commercial Golang experience and a solid background in building scalable, distributed systems. We also expect you to actively leverage AI tools to improve engineering quality, productivity, and development velocity. ### Responsibilities - Lead the technical direction of the team and own key architecture decisions. - Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs using Go. - Stay hands-on with production code and solve complex technical challenges. - Design reliable, scalable, and maintainable distributed systems. - Lead code reviews and maintain high engineering standards across the team. - Improve system performance, reliability, observability, and scalability. - Identify technical risks, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement. - Mentor Software Engineers and support their technical growth. - Help increase team productivity and improve engineering efficiency. - Collaborate closely with Product, QA, and other engineering teams. - Continuously improve development processes, engineering practices, and delivery quality. - Actively use AI-powered development tools to accelerate engineering workflows and improve code quality. ## Requirements - 7+ years of software engineering experience. - Strong commercial experience with Go (Golang). - Strong backend and software engineering background. - Experience designing scalable architectures and distributed systems. - Strong understanding of microservices architecture and asynchronous communication patterns. - Solid experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, and REST APIs. - Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ, Kafka, or similar. - Experience with Docker and CI/CD pipelines. - Experience leading engineers and driving technical and architectural decisions. - Strong hands-on approach — you are comfortable staying close to the code and contributing to production development. - Strong understanding of engineering best practices, code quality, testing, and system reliability. - Experience using AI development tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar in daily development. **Nice to Have** - Experience with Kubernetes and GitOps. - Experience building high-load or high-availability systems. - Experience with event-driven architectures. - Experience with Web3, blockchain, fintech, or other transaction-heavy products. - Experience integrating LLM APIs or AI capabilities into production products. - Experience with TypeScript / Node.js or other backend technologies. ## Benefits - Professional growth: support for courses, conferences, and English learning (up to 100% coverage). - Work-life fit: remote or hybrid format with flexible hours across international teams. - Paid leave: up to 20 vacation days +  8 company holidays + 5 personal days per year - Recognition programs: structured performance reviews and team awards. - Team culture: retreats in international locations (for example, company apartments in Cyprus). ## Apply [Apply at GoMining](https://apply.workable.com/gomining/j/44D7FA8B35/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)