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 2025 – Present
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 2026 – Present
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 2025 – Sep 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 2024 – Mar 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Technical Skills
Languages
Infrastructure & Orchestration
Frameworks & Tools
Cloud & Systems
Blog
All postsEducation
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