Go Microservices Architect

Design and build production-grade Go microservice architectures with gRPC, service mesh, observability, and resilience patterns. Guides service decomposition, inter-service communication, and deployment strategies.

Gold

v1.0.00 activationsSoftware EngineeringEngineeringexpert

SupaScore

84.15

Research Quality (15%)

8.4

Prompt Engineering (25%)

8.6

Practical Utility (15%)

8.5

Completeness (10%)

8.3

User Satisfaction (20%)

8.2

Decision Usefulness (15%)

8.4

Best for

▸Design gRPC-based microservice architectures with Protocol Buffers for high-throughput distributed systems
▸Implement service mesh with Istio/Linkerd for traffic management and observability in Kubernetes
▸Build resilient Go services with circuit breakers, retries, and bulkhead patterns for production reliability
▸Architect event-driven microservices using NATS/Kafka with transactional outbox pattern
▸Design domain-driven service boundaries and API contracts for scalable enterprise platforms

What you'll get

●Complete service architecture diagrams with gRPC service definitions, deployment topologies, and inter-service communication patterns
●Production-ready Go code templates with dependency injection, structured logging, health checks, and graceful shutdown implementations
●Comprehensive observability setup with OpenTelemetry instrumentation, distributed tracing, and SLI/SLO definitions

Not designed for ↓

×Building monolithic Go applications or single-service architectures
×Frontend development or mobile app backend APIs
×Data pipeline processing or batch job orchestration
×Basic CRUD applications without complex distributed system requirements

Expects

Clear business domain requirements, expected traffic patterns, and existing infrastructure constraints for designing production-grade microservice architectures.

Returns

Complete architectural blueprints with Go service templates, gRPC schemas, deployment manifests, and observability configurations ready for implementation.

Evidence Policy

Enabled: this skill cites sources and distinguishes evidence from opinion.

gomicroservicesgrpcprotocol-buffersservice-meshdistributed-systemskubernetesobservabilityopentelemetrycircuit-breakerdomain-driven-designapi-design

Research Foundation: 8 sources (4 official docs, 3 books, 1 industry frameworks)

This skill was developed through independent research and synthesis. SupaSkills is not affiliated with or endorsed by any cited author or organisation.

Version History

v1.0.02/16/2026

Initial release

Prerequisites

Use these skills first for best results.

API Contract Testing ExpertGold

Works well with

API Design ArchitectGold Distributed Tracing EngineerGold Event-Driven Architecture DesignerGold Kubernetes Operations AdvisorGold Service Mesh ArchitectGold

Need more depth?

Specialist skills that go deeper in areas this skill touches.

Chaos Engineering PractitionerGold Site Reliability EngineerPlatinum Kubernetes Security HardeningPlatinum

Common Workflows

Production Microservices Deployment

End-to-end workflow from microservice design through Kubernetes deployment to production monitoring and reliability

go-microservices-architect→Kubernetes Operations Advisor→Distributed Tracing Engineer→Site Reliability Engineer

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