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Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Go / Golang) London / WFH to 95k
Are you a backend focused technologist with experience of working on highly scalable, distributed systems?
You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on Backend Software Engineer role at a scaling technology company that specialises in renewable energy storage and trading.
As a Backend Software Engineer you will join a small, cross functional Agile team developing a software platform that is helping drive the transition to a more sustainable energy future. You'll build backend services that automate energy trading across UK and international markets, process high frequency telemetry data from battery sites, and power low-level control and dispatch systems for energy management. You'll also help expose platform capabilities through web applications and public APIs.
Working across a modern technology stack including Go, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, TimescaleDB, S3, Athena, Pulsar and AWS, you'll design, build and maintain scalable, reliable backend services, contributing to event driven architecture and CI/CD practices using GitLab.
Alongside hands-on development, you'll help shape technical direction, share best practices and mentor other engineers. It's an opportunity to work in a fast-moving industry where you'll need to balance longer term technical strategy with pragmatic solutions to immediate challenges.
Location / WFH:
You can work from home in a hybrid model, joining the team in London twice a week.
About you:
- You have experience with Go or other OO languages, keen to work with Go
- You have cloud native development experience on AWS
- You have experience with microservices and CI/CD
- You have strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
- You have a good knowledge of database technologies and event driven architectures
- You have excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- You have a flexible mindset, comfortable navigating uncertainty and evolving priorities
What's in it for you:
- Salary to 95k
- 25 days holidays in addition to public holidays, carry over flex and festive office closure
- Enhanced parental leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- A range of social and team events
Apply now to find out more about this Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Go / Golang) opportunity.
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