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Scalable Data Engineering with Go (Golang)

This advanced training equips participants with the practical skills required to design, develop, optimize, and deploy scalable data-intensive systems using Go (Golang). The course focuses on Go's str...

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3 upcoming sessions in the next 3 months

Oct 26 - Oct 30
Nov 23 - Nov 27
Dec 28 - Jan 01
Programme Overview
Training Description

Who Should Attend

  • Big data engineers
  • Cloud engineers
  • DevOps engineers
  • Platform engineers
  • Distributed systems developers
  • Data architects
  • Solutions architects
  • Enterprise architects
  • API developers
  • Microservices developers
  • Technology and IT managers
  • Professionals responsible for developing scalable, high-performance data systems

 

Session Objectives
  • Understand GoLang’s architecture and performance benefits
  • Develop concurrent and parallel data processing programs
  • Build resilient and scalable APIs and microservices
  • Interface Go applications with relational and NoSQL databases
  • Implement high-throughput event-driven data systems
  • Use Go routines, channels, and worker pools effectively
  • Secure Go services and handle error management
  • Write unit tests and benchmark Go code
  • Integrate Go with data message brokers like Kafka or NATS
  • Deploy Go services using containers and CI/CD pipelines
  • Optimize Go-based systems for performance and memory usage
About the Course

This advanced training equips participants with the practical skills required to design, develop, optimize, and deploy scalable data-intensive systems using Go (Golang). The course focuses on Go's strengths in high-performance computing, concurrency, distributed systems, data processing, APIs, microservices, and cloud-native application development.Participants will learn how to build efficient data services capable of handling high throughput, concurrent workloads, large datasets, and real-time processing requirements. The training covers Go programming fundamentals, concurrency patterns, data structures, database integration, distributed architectures, streaming, APIs, testing, observability, performance optimization, and production deployment.

Curriculum & Topics

15 Topics | 75 Sessions

  • play Workshop 1.1: Go's design philosophy and compiler architecture

  • play Workshop 1.2: Setting up the Go environment and workspace

  • play Workshop 1.3: Introduction to Go modules and packages

  • play Workshop 1.4: Project structure and dependency management

  • play Workshop 1.5: Running and debugging basic Go programs

  • play Workshop 2.1: Variables, types, and constants

  • play Workshop 2.2: Control structures and looping mechanisms

  • play Workshop 2.3: Functions, parameters, and return values

  • play Workshop 2.4: Error handling and panic recovery

  • play Workshop 2.5: Code formatting and documentation

  • play Workshop 3.1: Understanding structs and embedded types

  • play Workshop 3.2: Defining and implementing interfaces

  • play Workshop 3.3: Interface polymorphism in Go

  • play Workshop 3.4: Value vs pointer receivers

  • play Workshop 3.5: Organizing reusable components

  • play Workshop 4.1: Introduction to Go’s concurrency model

  • play Workshop 4.2: Creating and managing goroutines

  • play Workshop 4.3: Channel types: unbuffered and buffered

  • play Workshop 4.4: Synchronization patterns and worker pools

  • play Workshop 4.5: Avoiding deadlocks and race conditions

  • play Workshop 5.1: Reading and writing files efficiently

  • play Workshop 5.2: Parsing and encoding JSON data

  • play Workshop 5.3: Struct tags and data binding

  • play Workshop 5.4: File streaming and data chunking

  • play Workshop 5.5: Logging and error management

  • play Workshop 6.1: Connecting to PostgreSQL/MySQL with database/sql

  • play Workshop 6.2: Executing queries and scanning results

  • play Workshop 6.3: Connection pooling and transaction management

  • play Workshop 6.4: ORM libraries (GORM, sqlc)

  • play Workshop 6.5: Handling database errors gracefully

  • play Workshop 7.1: Building APIs using net/http and Gorilla Mux

  • play Workshop 7.2: Handling routes, middleware, and JSON responses

  • play Workshop 7.3: Authentication and rate limiting

  • play Workshop 7.4: Testing HTTP endpoints

  • play Workshop 7.5: Creating secure and versioned APIs

  • play Workshop 8.1: Microservices architecture fundamentals

  • play Workshop 8.2: Service discovery and inter-service communication

  • play Workshop 8.3: Resilience with retries and circuit breakers

  • play Workshop 8.4: Logging, tracing, and observability

  • play Workshop 8.5: Managing configuration and environment variables

  • play Workshop 9.1: Integrating Go with Kafka or NATS

  • play Workshop 9.2: Publishing and consuming streaming data

  • play Workshop 9.3: Message serialization formats (Avro, Protobuf)

  • play Workshop 9.4: Batch vs stream processing architecture

  • play Workshop 9.5: Scaling Go consumers

  • play Workshop 10.1: Benchmarking with Go’s testing tools

  • play Workshop 10.2: Profiling CPU, memory, and blocking calls

  • play Workshop 10.3: Garbage collection tuning and memory leaks

  • play Workshop 10.4: Efficient string and slice operations

  • play Workshop 10.5: Avoiding common performance pitfalls

  • play Workshop 11.1: Writing unit tests and using test suites

  • play Workshop 11.2: Test coverage and mocking dependencies

  • play Workshop 11.3: Table-driven testing pattern

  • play Workshop 11.4: Debugging with Delve and VS Code

  • play Workshop 11.5: Continuous testing with CI pipelines

  • play Workshop 12.1: Integrating with Redis, MongoDB, or DynamoDB

  • play Workshop 12.2: CRUD operations and indexing strategies

  • play Workshop 12.3: Cloud storage SDKs for S3, GCS, Azure Blob

  • play Workshop 12.4: Writing cloud-agnostic storage handlers

  • play Workshop 12.5: Managing data backup and restore

  • play Workshop 13.1: Parsing flags and command-line arguments

  • play Workshop 13.2: Reading large input streams

  • play Workshop 13.3: Batch processing using pipelines

  • play Workshop 13.4: Formatting outputs and exporting results

  • play Workshop 13.5: Scheduling cron jobs and automation

  • play Workshop 14.1: Writing Dockerfiles for Go services

  • play Workshop 14.2: Multi-stage builds and image optimization

  • play Workshop 14.3: Running Go in Kubernetes

  • play Workshop 14.4: Deploying Go apps on cloud platforms

  • play Workshop 14.5: Environment-based configuration management

  • play Workshop 15.1: Designing a real-world high-throughput data service

  • play Workshop 15.2: Building API, streaming layer, and persistence

  • play Workshop 15.3: Implementing authentication and validation

  • play Workshop 15.4: Load testing and performance tuning

  • play Workshop 15.5: Deploying the complete solution with monitori

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Payments can be made via bank transfer or bank draft payable to PB Institute of Research and Technology. For corporate-sponsored participants, a formal undertaking/Local Purchase Order (LPO) from the employer is required to secure a slot before the training commencement date.

If you are unable to attend, you must notify us in writing at least 7 days before the course start date. You may choose to nominate a qualified substitute colleague at no additional cost or defer your enrolment to the next scheduled cohort for that program.

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Yes. We specialize in corporate capacity building. Corporate sponsorships and group registrations can be coordinated directly through our admissions team. We also offer customized, in-house versions of our courses if you have a team of five or more participants.

Our primary residential and corporate training programs are hosted in premium, fully equipped conference facilities in Nairobi, Kenya. We also coordinate regional and international training locations depending on the specific cohort and organizational requirements. Exact venue details are communicated in your admission letter.

Most of our professional short courses are structured as intensive 5- or 10-day programs to minimize extended workplace absence while maximizing skill acquisition. We also offer compressed 1-to-3-day masterclasses.