# Go

Skill · Programming Languages

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/go

Go (often called Golang) is an open-source, statically typed programming language created by Google in 2009, designed for simplicity, fast compilation, and efficient concurrency through goroutines and channels. It's widely used for building backend services, cloud infrastructure tools, and microservices, notably powering projects like Docker and Kubernetes. Developers favor Go for its performance, straightforward syntax, and strong built-in support for concurrent programming.

## Go in the job market

- Open roles: 430
- Employers hiring: 91
- Median stated pay: $205,000 (middle half $177,000 – $242,000), from 385 of 430 open roles — the 90% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Asked for alongside Go

Measured from the 430 open roles that name Go, not from a curated list.

- [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python) — 289 roles (67.2%)
- [Kubernetes](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/kubernetes) — 267 roles (62.1%)
- [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/amazon-web-services-aws) — 188 roles (43.7%)
- [Java](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/java) — 152 roles (35.3%)
- [Terraform](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/terraform) — 123 roles (28.6%)
- [TypeScript](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/typescript) — 120 roles (27.9%)
- [Docker](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/docker) — 111 roles (25.8%)
- [Rust](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/rust) — 103 roles (24.0%)

## Seniority of these roles

- Entry: 16 (4%)
- Mid: 60 (15%)
- Senior: 231 (57%)
- Lead / Staff / Principal: 96 (24%)
- Management: 3 (1%)

From 406 roles whose posting states a level.

## Where Go roles are

- [San Francisco, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/san-francisco-ca) — 72
- [New York, NY](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/new-york-ny) — 66
- [Reston, VA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/reston-va) — 20
- [Seattle, WA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/seattle-wa) — 8
- [Sunnyvale, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/sunnyvale-ca) — 8
- [Austin, TX](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/austin-tx) — 7

Among the 240 of 430 open roles we could place on a map.

## Roles that use Go

- [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer) — 284
- [Site Reliability Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/site-reliability-engineer) — 21
- [Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager) — 19
- [Solutions Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/solutions-architect) — 7
- [Security Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/security-engineer) — 5
- [Cloud Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/cloud-engineer) — 4

## Employers hiring for Go

- [Crusoe](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crusoe) — 42 open roles
- [CrowdStrike](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crowdstrike) — 35 open roles
- [Comcast](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/comcast) — 24 open roles
- [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio) — 21 open roles
- [Temporal](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/temporal) — 17 open roles
- [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia) — 15 open roles

Related skills: [Rust](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/rust), [Kubernetes](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/kubernetes), [Docker](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/docker), [Microservices](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/microservices), [C++](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/c-2), [D](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/d), [Other Programming Languages](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/other-programming-languages), [Chess](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/chess), [Network Programming](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/network-programming), [Crystal](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/crystal)

## Open roles requiring Go (430)

- [Senior Software Engineer, GPU Infrastructure (HPC)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/51d9d309-29a1-4f12-94b1-c43dd27daf6e/senior-software-engineer-gpu-infrastructure-hpc-at-cohere) at [Cohere](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cohere) — Full-time, Canada, United States · Remote, CA$285,000 – CA$340,000
- [Principal Data Engineer](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hims-and-hers/a321e167-59ab-46cc-9b50-75154f122bdb/application) at [Hims and Hers](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/hims-and-hers) — Full-time, US Remote, $220,000 – $260,000 (listed on Hims and Hers's own careers site)
- [Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/patreon/c277b009-0c9c-4ae7-a72b-56aaad0d985c/application) at [Patreon](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/patreon) — Full-time, San Francisco, CA · Remote, $257,500 – $386,000 (listed on Patreon's own careers site)
- [Software Development Engineer II, Search](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Mapbox/cdc7cf98-5ec0-4a0b-a78f-bb3eb0e8b40f/application) at [Mapbox](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/mapbox) — Mapbox US, $160,650 – $217,350 (listed on Mapbox's own careers site)
- [Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Infrastructure (Foundations)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/anyscale/23733eb9-f839-4209-b191-36cb0ff5b973/application) at [Anyscale](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/anyscale) — San Francisco, CA · Remote, $200,000 – $240,000 (listed on Anyscale's own careers site)
- [Engineering Manager, Crusoe Container Registry](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Crusoe/119cc876-7e00-4ea3-8c93-e9dad7a43487/application) at [Crusoe](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crusoe) — Full-time, San Francisco, CA, $215,000 – $260,000 (listed on Crusoe's own careers site)
- [Global Security Engineer Offensive Operations (Remote or Onsite)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f7265a94-6de0-46f3-b26d-5360a508553b/global-security-engineer-offensive-operations-remote-or-onsite-at-crane-co) at [Crane Co.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crane-co) — Stamford, CT · Remote
- [Staff Platform Infrastructure Engineer - USA Remote](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/9776edc2-b237-43c3-b440-72a8adba2806/staff-platform-infrastructure-engineer-usa-remote-at-beckman-coulter) at [Beckman Coulter](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/beckman-coulter) — Full-time, USA - Remote, $180,000 – $220,000
- [Software Development Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/5645970f-6095-4329-8aa9-682e63f1b9cd/software-development-engineer-at-aerovironment) at [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment) — Full-time, Herndon, VA, $83,500 – $208,750
- [Senior Platform Engineer - SAP Big Data Fabric Services](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/cb10c8cb-7242-4361-abed-2493c6ca89b8/senior-platform-engineer-sap-big-data-fabric-services-at-sap) at [SAP](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/sap) — Full-time, São Leopoldo, BR, 93022-718

All 430 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=775fc90e-9a67-42c3-a9ca-4ad0788d0003