Senior Golang Engineers

Oliver Bernard Ltd
London, UK
13 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£150,000.0 - £160,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Code Review Continuous Integration DevOps Distributed Systems Performance Tuning Prometheus Cloud Platform System Istio Delivery Pipeline Grafana
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Backend Containerization Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Docker Golang Microservices

Job description

We’re looking for experienced Senior Golang Engineers to help build and scale a high-performance cloud-native platform used by millions of users and mission-critical systems. You’ll play a key role in designing distributed services, improving platform reliability, and driving engineering excellence across a modern Kubernetes-based environment.

This is an opportunity to work on complex technical challenges, influence architecture decisions, and mentor other engineers within a highly collaborative team.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend services in Go.
  • Building and operating cloud-native applications on Kubernetes.
  • Developing microservices and distributed systems with a focus on reliability, performance, and security.
  • Driving improvements in CI/CD, observability, and platform automation.
  • Collaborating closely with Platform, DevOps, Security, and Product teams.
  • Leading technical discussions, code reviews, and architectural decisions.
  • Mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practices.

Requirements

  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architecture.
  • Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Strong understanding of system design, scalability, and performance optimisation.
  • Experience working in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience building internal developer platforms.
  • Knowledge of service mesh technologies.
  • Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.
  • Exposure to security, networking, and platform engineering concepts.

Benefits & conditions

  • Base salary of £150,000-£160,000.
  • Performance bonus.
  • Pension contribution.
  • Flexible working arrangements.
  • Modern engineering culture with significant technical ownership.
  • Hybrid working model: 2 days per week in Canary Wharf.

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