Golang Developer

Hi,

This is Viswanath from Saksoft.

I have an exciting opportunity as a Golang Developer with one of our clients.

We are seeking an experienced Go (Golang) Open Source Software Engineer to drive the modernization and maintenance of large-scale third-party package ecosystems. The engineer will be responsible for performing version upgrades of open-source Go packages, resolving dependency conflicts, fixing code breaks introduced by package updates, and ensuring successful validation through build, test, and presubmit pipelines.

The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Go modules, dependency management, build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and OSS package maintenance. This role requires hands‑on engineering ownership across package migration, compatibility remediation, Copybara workflows, build/test stabilization, local patch management, and upstream contribution activities.

• Perform version upgrades of Go open-source packages across large codebases.
• Analyze package dependencies and transitive dependency chains.
• Assess compatibility impact of package upgrades on consuming applications.
• Drive package modernization and retirement of obsolete dependencies.
• Manage end-to-end package migration activities.

• Investigate dependency conflicts and version incompatibilities.
• Resolve issues arising from indirect and nested dependencies.
• Analyze API deprecations and breaking changes introduced by package upgrades.
• Create remediation plans for application and library compatibility issues.
• Develop dependency migration strategies for large package ecosystems.

• Troubleshoot and resolve code breaks resulting from package version migrations.
• Modify Go applications and libraries to align with updated package APIs.
• Perform root cause analysis of runtime, functional, and integration failures.
• Develop and maintain fixes for OSS-related defects.
• Contribute improvements and fixes to upstream open-source projects where appropriate.

• Diagnose and resolve build failures triggered by package upgrades.
• Investigate and fix unit, integration, and regression test failures.
• Ensure successful execution of CI/CD validation pipelines.
• Resolve failures identified during global presubmit validation processes.
• Improve build reliability and automation around package migration workflows.

• Manage Copybara configurations and synchronization workflows.
• Troubleshoot repository synchronization and code migration issues.
• Resolve merge conflicts and code integration challenges.
• Support source movement between internal and external repositories.

• Create and maintain local patches for package compatibility.
• Track upstream fixes and assess opportunities to retire local patches.
• Manage patch lifecycle and release readiness.
• Maintain upgrade documentation and remediation records.

• Develop automation for:
• Dependency discovery
• Version analysis
• Impact assessment
• Upgrade validation
• Failure triage
  
  Build tooling to improve migration velocity and engineering productivity.

• Strong software engineering experience in Go (Golang).
• Deep understanding of:
• Go routines
• Channels
• Concurrency patterns
• Memory management
• Context propagation
• Error handling strategies
• Experience developing and maintaining production‑grade Go applications.

• Extensive experience with:
• Go Modules
• GOPROXY
• Dependency resolution
• Semantic versioning
• Package publishing
• Open‑source package maintenance

• Strong experience with:
• Bazel
• Go Build
• Go Test
• Git Hub Actions
• Jenkins
• Buildkite
• Git Lab CI
• Ability to troubleshoot large‑scale build environments.

• Experience performing:
• Package upgrades
• Framework migrations
• Dependency conflict resolution
• Version compatibility analysis
• API migration and refactoring

• Git expertise.
• Experience with monorepos and large‑scale codebases.
• Familiarity with Copybara or equivalent repository synchronization tools.
• Code review and branching strategy experience.

• Linux systems expertise.
• Container technologies:
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Familiarity with cloud‑native development practices.

• Experience managing large‑scale OSS upgrade programs.
• Contributions to public Go open‑source projects.
• Experience with supply‑chain security and dependency governance.
• Familiarity with vulnerability remediation practices.
• Experience with SBOM generation and management.
• Understanding of modern software release engineering practices.

Mandatory Skills : Golang