Backend Engineer – Go / GraphQL

Job Title: Backend Engineer – Go / GraphQL

Location: New York, NY (ONSITE)
Job Type: Contract
Experience Level: 9-12Years

We are looking for a skilled Backend Engineer with strong experience in Golang and GraphQL to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you’ll be building and maintaining scalable backend services that power real-time personalization, content delivery, and data integration across platforms.

• Develop and maintain high-performance GraphQL resolvers using Go (Golang)

• Integrate diverse data sources into a federated GraphQL layer (Helios)

• Collaborate with internal CMS (Prism) and content engineering teams

• Optimize personalized feed performance and support real-time queries

• Work in a fast-paced Agile development environment, delivering iterative features with continuous feedback

• 3–5 years of backend development experience

• Proven hands-on experience with Go (Golang)

• Strong proficiency in GraphQL, particularly federated GraphQL architectures

• Familiarity with content platforms (CMS) and streaming data ingestion is a plus

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development teams

• Mandatory: Golang

• GraphQL (federated preferred)

• Microservices and distributed systems

• Agile methodologies

• Experience with CMS or content infrastructure (nice to have) Key Skills : Golang