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Backend Developer (Go)

A Go backend developer builds fast, concurrent services and tools, often for infrastructure and high-traffic APIs.

7
Skill areas
4
Core areas
~342 h
From scratch
~35 weeks
At 10 h/week
What the job looks like
  • Write HTTP services and CLIs in Go
  • Use goroutines and channels for concurrent work
  • Design SQL schemas and queries
  • Package and run services in containers
What you'll build on the route
  • A REST API in Go with a SQL database
  • A concurrent worker using channels
  • A containerised service

Where it leads: Senior backend, infrastructure or platform engineering.

Every skill, at the level the job needs

Updating… · change the level or company to see how it shifts

ap

api-design

core
69 skills · 69 with lessons · up to working
L3
  • HTTP URL
  • What are APIs
  • Content Negotiation
  • HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol
  • HTTP messages
  • Understand TCP / IP
sq

sql

core
69 skills · 69 with lessons · up to working
L3
  • Relational DB theory
  • Relational Data Model
  • RDBMS Benefits and Limitations
  • SQL and Databases
  • NoSQL DBs
  • Basics SQL
go

golang

core
125 skills · 125 with lessons · up to working
L3
  • Why use Go
  • History of Go
  • Setting up the Environment
  • Hello World in Go
  • `go` command
  • Variables and constants
gi

git-github

core
110 skills · 108 with lessons · up to working
L3
  • git init
  • What is Version Control?
  • Why use Version Control?
  • git config
  • Local vs Global Config
  • Git
ba

backend

core
77 skills · 77 with lessons · up to working
L3
  • HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol
  • Domains
  • DNS
  • Browsers
  • Frontend
  • Why use Rust?
da

datastructures-and-algorithms

core
80 skills · 80 with lessons · up to basics
L2
  • Go
  • Language Syntax
  • Control Structures
  • Pseudocode
  • Pseudocode basics
  • Functions
What the levels mean
  1. L1 · Aware
    Knows what it is and when it's used
  2. L2 · Basics
    Can use it with guidance
  3. L3 · Working
    Uses it independently on the job
  4. L4 · Strong
    Handles hard cases, reviews others
  5. L5 · Expert
    Designs with it, teaches it

Interviews, by kind of company

Your route adds an interview track that matches the company you choose.

Service-based company

Large IT services firms: aptitude, fundamentals, technical and HR rounds.

Product company

Online assessment, coding rounds, a design round.

FAANG-level

Hard timed coding rounds, system design, behavioural interviews.

Questions

What does a Backend Developer (Go) need to know?

API Design, Backend Developer, Go Developer, SQL Roadmap at a working level, plus Docker Roadmap, Learn Git and GitHub, Linux Roadmap. The skills section above lists every one with its level.

How long does it take to become a Backend Developer (Go)?

About 342 hours of study from scratch. At 10 hours a week that's roughly 35 weeks; anything you already know is skipped after the readiness test.

I already know some of this. Do I start from zero?

No. The optional readiness test finds what you already know and your route skips it.

Does the route change for product companies or senior roles?

Yes. Choose your level and the kind of company above: the skills and target levels adjust, for example deeper data structures and system design for product companies.

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