Hire Go Developers
Go was designed for network services: it compiles to a single binary, starts in milliseconds and handles many connections on modest hardware. It also has few features, so badly structured Go is easy to write and hard to hide. Reviewers see exactly what the code does.
A Go developer from PWTECH joins your existing team and tools. You set the priorities and review the pull requests. We carry the employment side and arrange cover for absence.
What Go developers are usually hired to build
Go is rarely picked for a content site. It is picked for services and tools where speed, memory use and simple deployment matter.
HTTP services
JSON APIs built on net/http with a router such as Chi, Gin or Echo. Handlers stay small, dependencies are passed in explicitly, and every outgoing call carries a context with a deadline.
gRPC and Protocol Buffers
Service definitions in .proto files, generated clients and servers, interceptors for logging and authentication, and rules for changing messages without breaking older callers.
Concurrent workers
Consumers for Kafka, NATS or a database queue using goroutines and channels with a bounded worker pool. Shutdown waits for work in progress, and the race detector runs in continuous integration.
Command-line and infrastructure tools
Internal CLIs, migration utilities and small daemons, shipped as one static binary for each platform so nobody has to install a runtime.
Rewriting a hot path from another language
When one endpoint or job in a PHP, Python or Node.js system uses most of the resources, that part alone can be moved to Go and called over HTTP or gRPC, leaving everything else in place.
Profiling and memory work
pprof for CPU and heap, tracing for latency. Typical findings are goroutines that never exit, allocations inside tight loops and database pools sized by guesswork.
Standard library first, then these
Go teams tend to use the standard library wherever it is adequate and add dependencies with care. Our developers work the same way.
- Routing and RPC
- net/httpChiGinEchogRPCConnect
- Database access
- database/sqlpgxsqlcGORMgolang-migrate
- Messaging
- Apache KafkaNATSRabbitMQRedis
- Testing and checks
- testing packagetestifygolangci-lintrace detectorgovulncheck
- Observability
- pprofOpenTelemetryPrometheusslog
- Shipping
- Go modulesDockerKubernetesGitHub Actions
Go experience levels and the work each suits
The syntax can be learnt in a week. Concurrency, error handling and interface design take much longer, and that is where the levels diverge.
Junior
Writes handlers, structs, table-driven tests and straightforward database code. Handles errors where they occur. Should not yet be designing anything with shared state between goroutines.
Choose when: the service layout exists and changes are reviewed by an experienced Go developer.
Mid-level
Builds and ships a service: configuration, logging, graceful shutdown, metrics and tests. Uses context correctly and recognises a data race when the detector reports one.
Choose when: you have defined services to build or extend and want them delivered without hand-holding.
Senior
Decides package boundaries and interfaces, designs for backpressure and failure, and tunes services using profiles. Knows when generics help and when they only obscure. Reviews others and keeps the codebase consistent.
Choose when: the service is on a critical path, traffic is high, or you are introducing Go to a team that has not used it.
From your brief to a running service
Set out the requirement
What the service must do, what it talks to and how it is deployed. If code exists, the go.mod file and a short architecture note are enough to begin.
Interview the engineer
We nominate one developer and you talk to them directly about your system. You are free to decline and ask for someone else.
Pick a starter task
A single handler, a consumer or a bug with a failing test. Small enough to finish soon, real enough to be worth reviewing.
Work in a weekly loop
Tickets and pull requests stay in your systems. We send a weekly written summary of progress and blockers, and invoice at the end of each month.
Go developer cost per hour and per month
Our rates are published. Pick the role and move the sliders for an indicative budget.
Rate card
| Role | Hourly | Monthly* |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend / WordPress | AED 110 | AED 17,600 |
| Backend / API | AED 118 | AED 18,880 |
| Full-stack | AED 129 | AED 20,640 |
| Mobile (React Native / Flutter) | AED 129 | AED 20,640 |
| DevOps / Cloud | AED 147 | AED 23,520 |
| AI / Automation engineer | AED 165 | AED 26,400 |
| QA / Test engineer | AED 92 | AED 14,720 |
| UI / UX design | AED 103 | AED 16,480 |
*160 hrs/month full-time. Rates are indicative for planning, in UAE dirhams (converted from our US-dollar rates at the fixed peg of 3.6725), before VAT where applicable, and depend on seniority, contract length and timezone overlap. Longer engagements and multi-role teams are discounted — ask.
Would a dedicated Go developer work for your team?
We are a good choice when
- You run Go services in production and need more people working on them.
- Part of your system has outgrown its current language and you want that part rebuilt in Go.
- You value small, readable changes and want to review them yourself.
- You are a platform or product company needing long-term engineering capacity.
Look elsewhere when
- You want a marketing site or an online shop. Other tools do that faster.
- The job is a single quick patch.
- Every contributor must work on site.
- You need a quotation for a fixed sum before the scope has been agreed.
Go-specific questions, plus the contractual ones
Do you use a framework or the standard library?
We start from net/http and add a light router when routing needs grow. Since the standard mux gained method and wildcard matching, many services need nothing more. On an existing project we keep whatever it already uses.
ORM or plain SQL?
We lean towards plain SQL with sqlc or pgx, because the queries are visible and type-checked. GORM is fine for simple CRUD and we maintain projects built on it. The choice is yours; we explain the trade-offs.
Will upgrading the Go version break our code?
Seldom. Go has kept a compatibility promise since version 1, so code written for an older release generally compiles on a newer one. Upgrades are mostly about dependencies and occasional changes in runtime behaviour, which the tests should reveal.
Can Go services sit alongside our current PHP or Node.js application?
Yes. That is a common arrangement. The Go service exposes HTTP or gRPC, the existing application calls it, and both can share the same database or queue while responsibilities are moved across gradually.
Whose code is it?
Yours. Commits go to your repository and no copy is kept back. Ownership and confidentiality terms are set out in the agreement.
How is the engagement ended?
It runs one month at a time. Give notice before the next month starts. Open work is handed over with notes so that your team can continue.
Write to us about the Go service
Say what the service does, what it connects to, and what you need built or fixed. A reply follows within one business day.