When recruiting a Go engineer, a deep understanding of the Go programming language, including memory management, concurrency and Go-specific tools like race detector and benchmark tests, is crucial. The candidate should demonstrate experience in developing efficient, secure and easily scalable code.

It is important that the Go Engineer has experience in designing and implementing microservices architecture, using containers such as Docker, and orchestrators such as Kubernetes. These skills are essential for creating modern, flexible applications.

The candidate should have experience working with a variety of database systems, both relational (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL) and non-relational (e.g. MongoDB, Redis). The ability to manage data effectively is essential for developing backend applications.

Knowledge of network protocols such as HTTP, gRPC and skills in application security, including encryption, authentication and authorisation, are important for any Go engineer to be able to create secure and reliable systems.

The ability to work with DevOps tools such as Git, Jenkins, Terraform is beneficial. The candidate should be able to demonstrate the ability to implement continuous integration and delivery, which is important in fast-paced project environments.

As Go projects often require collaboration in teams, communication skills and the ability to work in teams are important. The candidate should be able to work effectively with other engineers, testers and project managers.