Lead Golang Engineer

EPAM SYSTEMS TURKEY YAZILIM GELİŞTİRME LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ

We are seeking a high-caliber Lead / Principal Golang Engineer to act as the technical driving force behind systems at the intersection of software engineering and laboratory automation. If you are a seasoned engineer who excels at designing resilient backends, architecting distributed systems, making high-impact technical decisions, and mentoring peers to achieve engineering excellence, this role is for you. You will join a high-impact, multi-technology umbrella program supporting a premier global biomedical research institute. Our mission is to build, scale, and optimize next-generation lab automation systems, custom integration layers, and Business Process Automation platforms. Operating in an Agile and ITIL-aligned environment, we connect physical laboratory robotics and advanced analytical instruments directly with scientific data workflows to accelerate discovery.

Responsibilities

• Architect Lab Integrations: Design and build standardized integration layers (adapters) connecting laboratory robotics and instruments with core LIMS workflows.
• Enhance Observability & Reliability: Implement fault-tolerant design patterns, state management, and recovery workflows alongside comprehensive monitoring, logging, and real-time device telemetry.
• Scale BPA Platforms: Design and govern a highly decoupled, versioned business rules engine deployable with zero disruption to daily operations.
• Design Secure APIs: Lead the architecture of modular systems with contract-first APIs (REST, GraphQL, gRPC), secure-by-design patterns, caching, and asynchronous processing.
• Ensure Data Integrity: Guarantee complete auditability and end-to-end traceability of scientific and experimental data flows.
• Drive Engineering Excellence: Mentor engineers through constructive code reviews, pair programming, and architectural walkthroughs to foster systems thinking.
• Deliver End-to-End: Take ownership of features from conceptualization to production, prioritizing tasks effectively to ensure predictable, high-quality releases.

Requirements

• Domain Context: Experience with lab automation workflows (LIMS, device integration) or Business Process Automation (BPA/rules engines).
• Languages & Frameworks: Expert-level Golang, strong Ruby, and advanced knowledge of Ruby on Rails and Phoenix Framework.
• Data & Storage: Strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, Oracle) as well as NoSQL and key-value stores.
• API Design: Mastery of secure API implementation utilizing REST, GraphQL, and gRPC.
• AWS Cloud & DevOps: Hands-on deployment using ECS, S3, ALB, combined with Terraform (IaC), Docker, and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins).
• Testing & Quality: Proven commitment to code quality using Test-Driven Development (TDD) with unit and integration testing.
• Methodologies: Comfortable navigating Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and ITIL-managed environments.

Nice to have

• Prior experience in life sciences, healthcare, or pharmaceutical domains.
• Active contributions to the Go open-source community.
• AWS or Scrum Master certifications.