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The pragmatic engineer’s choice for building scalable, efficient, and maintainable systems. Designed with simplicity and performance in mind, Go is a great fit for data engineers tackling high-throughput pipelines, distributed systems, or lightweight microservices. Its strong concurrency model (goroutines, channels) makes it ideal for handling parallel workloads, while its minimal runtime overhead ensures speed without the verbosity of C++ or the baggage of Java.
However, Go’s simplicity can feel spartan. No generics (until recently), no exceptions, and a strict focus on “the Go way” can frustrate those coming from more expressive languages. Its ecosystem is solid but lacks the rich libraries of Python or Java, making some tasks (e.g., advanced ML or data wrangling) less convenient.
Use Go when you need clean, performant code that’s easy to maintain. Skip it for heavy data science or one-off scripts. It’s not flashy, but it gets the job done—efficiently, if a bit rigidly.

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Lead Software Engineer, Back End - L5 (Bangkok based - Relocation provided) @ agoda

FR | 2025-12-28
Agoda's backend engine role promises control of mission-critical systems serving millions, with dozens of daily releases and self-healing, fault-tolerant architectures. The tech stack leans... read more »
API, CI/CD, Scala, Kafka, Spark, Agile/Scrum, Go, C, Java, Computer Science
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Principal, Platinion @ boston-consulting-group

FR | 2025-12-26
BCG Platinion’s Principal role is a heavyweight mix of IT strategy, architecture, and client leadership that sits at the edge of business and tech transformation. You’ll craft IT strategies, win... read more »
Spark, Management, Go, Cloud Computing, AI/ML, Blockchain, Docker, C, Agile/Scrum, Marketing, CRM, ERP, SAP, IoT, DevOps, Data Analytics, Big Data, Cyber Security
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O'Reilly: Building AI Agents with Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Design and implement composable agent architectures using MCP. Understand the MCP architecture and how it enables AI applications to access external context. Build MCP servers that expose tools, resources, and prompts to LLMs.

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DBA MongDB NoSQL @ itsservices

FR | 2025-12-23 | € 70000 - 75000 / year
This role involves maintaining security and operational integrity for MongoDB NoSQL databases in complex infrastructure environments, with a notable differentiator being the migration from... read more »
Cloud Computing, DevOps, MongoDB, NoSQL, Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, API, VMware, Ansible, Git, Python, Java, Go, Kubernetes, Management
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Développeur Devops confirmé - Freelance @ usecollective

FR | 2025-12-23
This DevOps developer role involves working with Grafana, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, SNMP/ICMP, and networks, offering a technically demanding environment. A key differentiator is the... read more »
DevOps, Grafana, Prometheus, Python, Go