01
REST and gRPC APIs
APIs on net/http, Chi, Gin or Echo, and gRPC services with Protocol Buffers, versioned and documented.
FIG 01 · Golang Development
Golang development services and Go developers for APIs that need to be fast
Go APIs, microservices, CLIs and cloud tooling built on a supported Go release, Go codebases taken over and upgraded, and Go developers vetted on concurrency before they join your team.
See how it works
FIG 02 · Quick answer
What are Golang development services?
Golang development services build back-end software in Go, the compiled language from Google known for fast APIs and simple concurrency. Elgrith builds Go APIs, microservices, CLIs and cloud tooling, upgrades services to a supported Go release (Go 1.26 or 1.27 as of 23 October 2026), and supplies vetted Go developers for US and UK teams.
- New services start on Go 1.27, the latest release
- 1.27
- Projects delivered since 2015
- 1,000+
- Clients across the USA, UK and India
- 250+
- Your code, repository and IP
- 100%
FIG 03 · Why it matters
Go supports its two newest releases. Go 1.25 dropped off in August.
From the Go release policy, the Go 1.27 release blog and the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025, read on 23 Oct 2026.
01
19 Aug 2026
Go 1.27 shipped; Go 1.25 left support
“Each major Go release is supported until there are two newer major releases.” Go 1.27 arrived on 19 Aug 2026, so Go 1.25 no longer gets security fixes. The latest patches are 1.27.3 and 1.26.10 (19 Oct 2026).
Source: go.dev, Go release history and policy (read 23 Oct 2026)(opens in a new tab)02
Up to 30%
Cheaper small allocations in Go 1.27
Go 1.27 adds generic methods, generalises type inference and cuts small-object (<80 B) allocation costs by up to 30%. The goroutine leak profile is now generally available.
Source: The Go Blog, Go 1.27 is released (19 Aug 2026)(opens in a new tab)03
16.4%
Of developers used Go in 2025
In the Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025, 16.4% of all respondents and 17.4% of professional developers said they used Go.
Source: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2025, technology(opens in a new tab)
FIG 04 · Version check
Which Go version are you on?
Check the go line in your go.mod and the toolchain your builds use, then find it below. Only the two newest major releases get security fixes.
| Version | Status, 23 Oct 2026 | Supported until | What to do |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go 1.27 | Latest release (1.27.0 on 19 Aug 2026; 1.27.3 on 19 Oct 2026) | The release of Go 1.29 | New services start here |
| Go 1.26 | Supported (1.26.0 on 10 Feb 2026; 1.26.10 on 19 Oct 2026) | The release of Go 1.28 | Fine today; plan the move to 1.27 |
| Go 1.25 | Unsupported since Go 1.27 shipped | Ended 19 Aug 2026 | Upgrade to 1.27 |
| Go 1.24 and older | Unsupported | Already ended | Upgrade to 1.27, checking modules and vet warnings |
Source: go.dev/doc/devel/release, which states that each major Go release is supported until there are two newer major releases. Checked 23 Oct 2026; this table is updated when Go 1.28 ships.
Running Go in containers? DevOps consultingFIG 05 · What you get
Golang development company: what we build
Go is at its best for back-end services that must be fast, predictable and easy to deploy. These are the systems we build in it.
02
Microservices
Services split along real business boundaries, with clear contracts, timeouts, retries and tracing between them.
03
Event and stream processing
Workers that consume queues and streams with goroutines and channels, with back-pressure and graceful shutdown.
04
CLIs and developer tools
Single-binary command-line tools that install anywhere, for your team or your customers.
05
Kubernetes operators and cloud tooling
Operators, controllers and automation for Kubernetes and your cloud, built the way the ecosystem’s own tools are.
06
AI back ends
Go services that call model APIs, stream responses and handle the queueing, caching and rate limits around them.
07
Data access
PostgreSQL with sqlc or GORM, migrations, connection pooling and queries profiled under load.
08
Observability
Prometheus metrics, OpenTelemetry traces, structured logs and pprof profiles, so problems show up before users report them.
Deliverables
11
deliverables, in writing
Included in every build, written into your fixed quote before work starts.
FIG 06 · Take-over
Taking over or finishing a Go project
Inherited a Go codebase, or a project another team left half-built? We start with an audit, so the fixed quote reflects what is really there.
1. Static checks
- Run
- go vet and staticcheck across every package
- Find
- Bugs, dead code and unsafe patterns
2. Vulnerabilities
- Run
- govulncheck against your modules and Go version
- Output
- Only the vulnerabilities your code actually calls
3. Concurrency review
- Run
- Tests with the race detector
- Check
- Goroutine leaks, missing context cancellation, unbounded workers
4. Tests
- Measure
- Coverage of the code paths that matter
- Add
- Table-driven tests around critical handlers
5. Upgrade
- Move
- go.mod to Go 1.27, modules updated
- Then
- Fix vet warnings and behaviour changes
6. Finish and hand over
- Build
- The missing features, in sprints with weekly demos
- Leave
- Runbooks, dashboards and an upgrade calendar
FIG 07 · Hire
Hire Golang developers
Go developers who join your stand-ups, work in your repository and follow your review rules, managed from our New Delhi HQ. We don’t publish rates or inflated talent-pool numbers; we tell you how we vet.
06principles
A Go exercise
A practical task in idiomatic Go: an HTTP handler with tests, errors handled properly and no surprises in go vet.
A concurrency review
Goroutines, channels, context cancellation and a run with the race detector, because concurrency bugs are where Go projects fail.
A code review
The candidate reviews real Go code and explains what they would change and why.
Dedicated Go developer
One full-time developer on your services, in your tools and your sprint. You interview them first.
Team extension or fixed scope
Developers and a lead for a release, or a defined service for a fixed quote.
How dedicated teams work
Interviews, onboarding, replacements and hand-over, explained.
Hire dedicated developers
FIG 08 · Why Go
Why teams choose Go
Go is a small, compiled language with concurrency and tooling built in. The Go team’s own case studies (go.dev/solutions/case-studies) include American Express, Cloudflare, Monzo, Netflix, PayPal and Uber. These are the reasons teams give us most.
06principles
Single static binaries
One file to ship, small container images and fast start-up, with no runtime to install on the server.
Goroutines and channels
Concurrency built into the language, so a service handles many requests at once without callback chains.
A strong standard library
HTTP servers, JSON, crypto and testing in the standard library, so fewer third-party dependencies to patch.
Tooling in the box
go fmt, go vet, go test, the race detector and pprof ship with Go, so every project looks and checks the same way.
Prefer JavaScript end to end?
Node.js fits teams that want one language across the browser and server.
Node.js development
FIG 09 · Process · 6 steps
Build it in Go, keep it supported
A fixed written quote after a free call, sprints with weekly demos, and an upgrade calendar so your services stay on a Go release that gets security fixes. You own the code and IP.
- Step 01
Free call
Tell us what you are building or what is breaking. We ask about users, data, integrations and deadlines, not just the framework.
- Step 02
Code or idea review
For a new service: traffic, latency targets, data stores and how it is deployed. For an existing codebase: Go version, go vet, staticcheck and govulncheck results, and test coverage.
- Step 03
Fixed written quote
A written scope, a fixed quote and the plan for versions, hosting and hand-over, before any work starts.
- Step 04
Sprints with weekly demos
Sprints in your repository, with pull requests you can read, tests and the race detector in CI and a demo every week.
- Step 05
Launch
A planned release through your pipeline, with dashboards and alerts live and a rollback ready.
- Step 06
Support and upgrades
Go security releases applied in a patch window agreed in your written scope, and a move to each new Go release before the old one loses support.
FIG 10 · What you get
Everything included
Written into your fixed quote, so you know exactly what you are paying for before work starts.
11items
- Written scope and fixed quote
- Code audit for existing Go services
- Go 1.27 service or upgraded codebase in your repository
- API contracts (OpenAPI or Protocol Buffers)
- Tests run with the race detector in CI
- go vet, staticcheck and govulncheck in CI
- Docker images and deploy pipeline
- Prometheus metrics and OpenTelemetry traces
- Upgrade calendar for Go and key modules
- Runbooks and hand-over notes
- IP assignment: code and data are yours
FIG 11 · Tech & tools
The tools behind the work
Proven, well-supported tools, chosen for your project and set up in accounts your business owns.
- Go 1.27
- Go 1.26
- net/http
- gRPC
- Protocol Buffers
- Chi
- Gin
- Echo
- sqlc
- GORM
- PostgreSQL
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Prometheus
- OpenTelemetry
- pprof
- staticcheck
- govulncheck
FIG 12 · Who it’s for
Go work for teams that need it built, extended or taken over.
New services, dedicated developers and take-overs, with the same rules: your repository, your IP, a supported Go release.
3 audiences
Platform teams
New Go services and tooling.
APIs, microservices, workers and Kubernetes tooling built on Go 1.27, with tests, tracing and a deploy pipeline from day one.
- Go 1.27
- REST or gRPC
- Race detector in CI
- Metrics and traces
Startups
A fast back end that stays simple.
A Go API behind your web or mobile app, small enough to run cheaply and structured so new developers can read it on day one.
- One binary per service
- PostgreSQL and sqlc
- Clear API contracts
- Room to split later
UK teams
Go developers for UK teams.
UK projects run through our London client-partnership centre, with engineering at our New Delhi HQ. We write in UK English, design data handling around UK GDPR and agree working hours in your written scope.
- London client partner
- UK English throughout
- Fixed written quote in GBP
- UK GDPR-aware data handling
FIG 13 · Working with us from the USA and UK
Built in New Delhi. Run on your hours.
Every project gets a point of contact in New York or London and an engineering team in New Delhi. Here is how today’s working days line up, live.
New York
North America
--:--ET
New Delhi team Your working day- Shared working time
- ≈ 3 hours today
- New Delhi is
- 10.5 h ahead
- Live calls, your time
- 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET
London
UK & Europe
--:--UK
New Delhi team Your working day- Shared working time
- ≈ 4.5 hours today
- New Delhi is
- 5.5 h ahead
- Live calls, your time
- 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. UK
Three ways to work together
- 01
Fixed-scope project
A written scope, one fixed price and a dated plan. Suits websites, apps and MVPs.
- 02
Dedicated team
Designers and engineers on your roadmap every month, billed monthly.
- 03
White label
For US and UK agencies: our work, your brand, unbranded deliverables.
Every engagement
- Fixed quote in USD, GBP or INR after a free 30-minute call
- NDA before discovery. You own all code, designs and content
- A working demo every sprint, not status slides
- Reply within one business day, calls inside your hours
Book a call
Calls on ET or UK hours
FIG 14 · Hire
Dedicated Go developers vs team extension vs fixed-scope project
We don’t publish rates. This is how the three ways to work with Go developers compare.
| Dedicated developer | Team extension | Fixed-scope project | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | A steady backlog on one product | A release or a backlog spike | A defined app, feature or upgrade |
| Who manages the work | You, in your sprint | You, with our lead | Us, against a written scope |
| How it is priced | Monthly, per developer | Monthly, per team | One fixed quote |
| Code and IP | Yours | Yours | Yours |
FIG 15 · Compare
Go vs Node.js vs Java vs Rust: which back end?
| Go | Node.js | Java | Rust | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concurrency | Goroutines and channels, built in | Event loop and async/await | Threads, and virtual threads in modern Java | Async with ownership checked at compile time |
| Deploy | One static binary | Node runtime plus packages | JVM plus the app | One static binary |
| Learning curve | Small language, quick to read | Familiar to JavaScript teams | Larger, with a deep ecosystem | Steep |
| Best for | APIs, microservices, CLIs, cloud tooling | Real-time apps and JavaScript-only teams | Large enterprise systems | Systems code where memory safety and raw speed matter most |
| Our page | You are here | Node.js development | Java development | Ask us on a call |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers about Golang Development with Elgrith.
We don’t publish rates, because cost depends on what you need: a dedicated developer, a team extension or a fixed-scope project, the seniority required, and how long the engagement runs. After a free call you get a written scope and a fixed quote before any work starts, and you interview the developers first.
Free 30-minute call
Build it in Go.
Tell us about the service you need, the Go codebase you have inherited or the developers you want to add. After a free call you get a written scope and a fixed quote.
Pick a day for your call
OpenPick a day. You'll choose a time in your own time zone on the next step.