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# Back End Engineer (Go)

- **Company:** Napier AI
- **Location:** Belfast, UK
- **Salary:** £44,093.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Unit Testing, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Code Coverage, Computer Programming, Databases, Continuous Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Database Development, Software Debugging, Elasticsearch, Github, PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Prometheus, Transaction Data, Trunk-based Development, Data Processing, Okta, DevOps Tools - Open-source, Grafana, Technical Debt, Backend, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Docker, Golang, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5911269214

## About the Role

These skills are essential to be successful in this role

 * Hands-on programming experience - Go
 * Technologies & Tools - Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub
 * Azure and AWS or GCP and data processing in cloud
 * Database and SQL development experience, especially PostGreSQL
 * Collaborative team player with strong (written and verbal) communication skills
 * Comfortable working with remote engineering teams and distributed delivery models

We'd be thrilled if you also have experience with, and are keen to grow your skills in, some of these other areas:

 * Programming Languages - Kotlin, Java
 * Analytics engines, especially ElasticSearch
 * KeyCloak
 * ETL tools
 * Performance engineering principles and tools
 * CI/CD and DevOps tooling
 * Open Telemetry and related observability tools and techniques, especially Grafana and Prometheus

## Description

After successfully securing PI investment to fuel our ongoing growth and to further invest in our AI products, we are currently building out our Tech Hub in Belfast - this is a super exciting time to join Napier in Belfast as we expand. The Role: Back-End Engineer (Golang)
The Back-end Engineer is a key member of our core Engineering teams, building our powerful, flexible financial crime detection engine that is used by top Financial Institutions globally to quickly and easily apply predefined scenarios or Machine Learning algorithms to customer, and transaction data.

In this role, you (Back-end Engineer) will be responsible for building high-quality features in alignment with Napier's overall technical vision and architecture, following appropriate engineering practices (such as CI/CD, high automation and test coverage, and trunk-based development), continually improving technical debt, and evolving the system to meet changing needs and market opportunities. You'll be a passionate hands-on technologist who is ready to do what's needed to keep technical quality high.

 * Assuming direct development responsibility for developing, debugging and unit testing of product features in accordance with internal procedures and standards
 * When required, diagnosing, and solving functional and performance/scalability issues
 * Helping to improve technical practices towards a continuously releasable end-state, especially in terms of GitHub, CI/CD, and development processes