Go Developer Lead (Distributed Systems/FinTech/AI)

📍Location: Remote — Georgia, Albania, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, EU, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, or Armenia
-Remote, B2B contract, full-time
-English B2+/С1
-$4200-4500 monthly
-Working Hours: 09:00–18:00 CEST
Vallettasoftware - custom mobile/web software developer in the US and Europe. Our teams implement IT projects of varying complexity, including website and mobile app development, enterprise systems, and solutions based on artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML).
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Our thorough approach to every project and deep understanding of Client's needs allow us to manage the outstanding quality.
We are a distributed team - you can work from your home, ensuring silence, good internet connection, availability and proper environment .
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Go Developer Lead to own the design and delivery of scalable distributed systems for a client in Germany. This is a hands-on lead role: you will drive architecture decisions, concurrency trade-offs, and technical roadmaps, while representing engineering to external stakeholders and mentoring senior engineers.
If you are a senior Go engineer who has already led teams, worked in FinTech or banking, and implemented AI solutions in production engineering environments — this role is for you.
Location: Georgia, Albania, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine, EU, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, or Armenia. This is a hard requirement.
What you'll do:
Own scalable distributed-system design and concurrency trade-offs in Go
Translate product goals into clear technical roadmaps
Surface risks, constraints, and delivery blockers early
Represent engineering to external stakeholders and push back on unrealistic requirements
Lead code and design reviews, and mentor senior engineers
Improve CI/CD pipelines and unblock technical delivery
Work on complex integrations in a FinTech/banking context
Implement and configure AI solutions within the engineering team
What we're looking for:
Must-Haves
5–6+ years of hands-on Go development
2+ years in a leadership role (Team Lead, Tech Lead, or Engineering Lead)
Strong experience with distributed systems and Go concurrency
FinTech or banking domain experience, including complex integrations
AI implementation/configuration in an engineering team
CS-related higher education
Solid CI/CD experience
English C1
Readiness for client live coding and work on an Andersen laptop
Nice-to-Have
Insurance domain experience
🌍 Joining Valletta Software Development means:
A Global, Thriving Team
Join remotely 100+ specialists from 20+ countries, united by a passion for outstanding IT solutions.
Diverse projects: Fintech, MedTech, AI/ML, e-commerce, and more. Switch teams or industries to broaden your skills.
Support at Every Step Client interview prep: We train you to succeed + give actionable feedback.
Strategic stability: Well-structured processes, strong management, and long- term vision.
Core values: Honesty, flexibility, innovation, and a people-first approach.
Regular salary.

Work arrangement
Yes