Golang Developer

IT GoLang Developer / Data Engineer 12 Month Contract Remote (Headquarters in Creve Coeur, MO) $80-90/hr The assignment will be remote. We would be super happy to have someone from the St.Louis area who could join us in the office from time to time. The mission of Bayer Crop Science is centered on developing agricultural solutions for a sustainable future that will include a global population projected to eclipse 9.6 billion by 2050. We approach agriculture holistically, looking across a broad range of solutions from using biotechnology and plant breeding to produce the best possible seeds, to advanced predictive and prescriptive analytics designed to select the best possible crop system for every acre. To make this possible, Bayer collects terabytes of data across all aspects of its operations, from genome sequencing, crop field trials, manufacturing, supply chain, financial transactions and everything in between. There is an enormous need and potential here to do something that has never been done before. We need great people to help transform these complex scientific datasets into innovative software that is deployed across the pipeline, accelerating the pace and quality of all crop system development decisions to unbelievable levels. What you will do is why you should join us: Be a critical senior member of a data engineering team focused on creating distributed analysis capabilities around a large variety of datasets Build Go services and APIs whose consumers include AI agents as well as people; the contracts you design become tools these systems call directly to query and act on data Help define how autonomous agents discover one another, prove who they are, and hand off work across a distributed platform Take pride in software craftsmanship, apply a deep knowledge of algorithms and data structures to continuously improve and innovate Work with other top-level talent solving a wide range of complex and unique challenges that have real world impact Explore relevant technology stacks to find the best fit for each dataset Pursue opportunities to present our work at relevant technical conferences o Google Cloud Next 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqvuyOID6v4 o GraphConnect 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KEvLURBenM o Google Cloud Blog: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/google-kubernetes-engine-clusters-can-… Project your talent into relevant projects. Strength of ideas trumps position on an org chart If you share our values, you should have: At least 5 years experience in software engineering At least 2 years experience with Go Proven experience (2 years) building and maintaining data-intensive APIs using a RESTful approach Experience with stream processing using Apache Kafka A level of comfort with Unit Testing and Test Driven Development methodologies Familiarity with creating and maintaining containerized application deployments with a platform like Docker A proven ability to build and maintain cloud based infrastructure on a major cloud provider like AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform Experience data modeling for large scale databases, either relational or NoSQL Bonus points for: Experience with protocol buffers and gRPC Experience building services consumed by LLM-based agents: tool calling, MCP servers, or agent-to-agent (A2A) interactions Familiarity with Google Cloud's AI stack: Vertex AI, Agent Engine, or an agent development kit like ADK Experience with: Google Cloud Platform, Apache Beam and or Google Cloud Dataflow, Google Kubernetes Engine or Kubernetes Experience working with scientific datasets, or a background in the application of quantitative science to business problems Bioinformatics experience, especially large scale storage and data mining of variant data, variant annotation, and genotype to phenotype correlation Disclaimer: Brooksource, Medasource, and Calculated Hire are part of the Eight Eleven Group family of companies and operate under Eight Eleven Group, LLC. All employees receive the same benefits, policies, and terms of employment. EEO: We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related conditions), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Benefits & Perks: Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc. Pay Disclaimer: The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. Pay: $80.00 - $90.00 per hour Benefits: Dental insurance Health insurance Vision insurance Application Question(s): How many years of experience do you have with Go? Are you comfortable with a year long contract role? Are you comfortable with the pay rate listed? Work Location: Remote