Senior Go backend contractor for payments and distributed systems

I am Charlie, a senior contract backend engineer specializing in Go, distributed systems, and payments infrastructure.

I help product and platform teams deliver high-throughput services with clear architecture, safe migrations, and reliable production operations.

Hire a Go backend contractor

If you need short-term or ongoing backend delivery support, I can help with:

• Go service architecture and implementation
• Payment flow design, integration, and rollout support
• Event-driven system migrations with low-risk cutovers
• Reliability improvements across observability, incident handling, and runtime operations

Engagement focus

• Contract software engineering for backend-heavy roadmaps
• Technical leadership for complex delivery programs
• Remote-first collaboration with UK time zone overlap

You can review my Services, Experience, and About pages for project examples and engagement details.

Available for contract work: charliehowes97@outlook.com.