Go Backend Engineer

Swan Htet Aung Phyo

Go Backend Engineer with 2+ years of experience building backend services, infrastructure automation tools, and Kubernetes-based platforms. Proficient in Go, Kubernetes (kubeadm, containerd, Calico), Terraform, Docker, and Linux systems. Hands-on experience with Temporal workflow orchestration, gRPC microservices, and CI/CD automation. Proven track record of building internal tooling that eliminates manual infrastructure work. Experienced working in fast-paced, globally distributed remote teams.

Work Experience

(P)You — EdTech Startup

Go Backend Engineer · Contractor

Oct 2025Present

Ireland (Remote)

  • Designed and built a full-stack admin application (Vite + TypeScript + Go) delivering user management, analytics dashboards, and payment/subscription controls across 30+ REST API endpoints, integrating Stripe for billing and AWS SQS for event-driven processing
  • Implemented Temporal-based workflow orchestration in the Koeletibles module to automate recurring cron jobs and bridge system tasks, replacing fragile manual scheduling with durable, self-healing workflows
  • Architected and deployed automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for AWS, reducing manual deployment intervention by 85% and increasing release frequency from weekly to daily
  • Engineered Go backend services and gRPC integrations, automating 200+ daily build, test, and deployment processes across AWS environments

Independent Freelance Client

Go Backend Engineer · Freelance

Jan 2026Present

China (Remote)

  • Designing and developing a cross-border logistics platform in Go for Myanmar–China trade routes, integrating Dinger payment gateway for local transaction processing and building APIs for route tracking and shipment management
  • Architecting scalable backend services with Docker containerization to support real-time logistics operations for an active and growing user base

Wolftagon

Go Backend Engineer · Associate

Apr 2025Sep 2025

Indonesia (Remote)

  • Engineered gRPC-based microservices for an e-commerce platform, improving data transfer efficiency by 35% and enabling seamless horizontal scaling of the architecture
  • Optimized data processing pipelines, achieving a 25% increase in transaction throughput and supporting 10,000+ daily user interactions with minimal latency

Freelance

Go Backend Engineer · Freelance

Oct 2024Mar 2025

Remote

  • Delivered Go-based backend systems and REST APIs for 2–3 clients, covering API design, business logic, and service integration across a 6-month engagement
  • Worked end-to-end independently from requirements gathering through deployment, building a track record of autonomous delivery across concurrent client projects

Projects

Kubernetes Cluster on AWS

Built an IaC-managed Kubernetes cluster (1 master + 2 workers) on AWS EC2 using Terraform, with automated node bootstrapping via user data scripts. Implemented a zero-public-exposure security model using AWS Client VPN with mutual TLS authentication. Designed network architecture with VPC, public/private subnets, Calico CNI, and per-node security groups.

TerraformAWS EC2kubeadmCalicocontainerdClient VPN

Cloud-Native LLM Computer Use Agent

Designed and built a production-grade agentic workflow system using Anthropic Claude API, implementing a plan-tool-call-observe-iterate loop with safe handoff logic. Engineered a stateless tool-proxy architecture with Server-Sent Events for real-time agent step streaming and PostgreSQL session persistence.

PythonFastAPIClaude APIDocker ComposePostgreSQL

AWS KYC Verification API

Developed a Go-based REST API using the Fiber framework that automated KYC verification by integrating AWS Textract for document validation and Rekognition for facial recognition. Implemented face comparison algorithm with 70% similarity threshold supporting 90%+ confidence detection.

GoFiberAWS TextractRekognitionDocker

TBLang – Infrastructure as Code Language

Developed a modern IaC language with plugin-based architecture; designed full compiler pipeline including lexical analysis, AST generation, semantic validation, and code generation. Built AWS provider plugin supporting VPC, EC2, and RDS provisioning.

GogRPCLexer/ParserAWS SDKProtocol Buffers

Technical Skills

Languages

GoPythonTypeScriptBashSQLC++

Infrastructure & Orchestration

KubernetesDockerTerraformGitHub ActionsTemporal

Frameworks & Tools

FibergRPCProtocol BuffersPrometheusGrafanaArgoCDNginx

Cloud & Systems

AWS EC2VPCRDSS3SQSClient VPNACMLinux

Education

AGH University of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Krakow, Poland

Certifications

Terraform Associate (003)

HashiCorp

Introduction to Linux

Linux Foundation

Leadership

One Project

DevOps Leader

Yangon, Myanmar

  • Mentored junior developers on DevOps best practices, guiding real-world microservice architecture and gRPC protocol implementation across team projects
  • Standardized Bash scripts and GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows, automating 10+ internal development processes and reducing manual overhead
  • Led training sessions on cloud-native development, microservice design, and gRPC protocol patterns