Golang Job: GO - GoLang Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer (GO / GoLang)

Edinburgh or UK remote

(Hybrid working if possible, would be encouraged)

An exciting career opportunity working as a Software Engineer, positioned central to high functioning multi-focused team. You will work in partnership with DevOps and Test, delivering solutions critical to project & service delivery, an autonomous role with room for creativity and direction setting.

Working as part of a multi-functional team you will be responsible for setting adopting and improving back-end and server-side components.

In the Software Engineer role responsibilities will include:

• Driving Best Practices; promoting innovation in the Development teams. Work closely with Product Owners, DevOps and fellow Developers to establish good habits and routines.
• Collaborating and contributing to Server side Components - coding, documentation and where required operational support.
• Coding in GO, GoLang, GraphQL and managing requirements in Jira and code repos in BitBucket
• Coordinate with DevOps to develop and maintain CI / CD processes.
• Deploying Apps into an AWS Cluster
• Contributing to on-going performance measurements and preventative maintenance of production systems.
• Contributing and/or leading daily stand-ups
• Contribute to future production design processes

To be a successful Engineer you will need demonstrable experience of:

• Extensive server side development in GO / GoLang
• Experience of building applications for AWS environments
• Comfortable with Jira and BitBucket
• In-depth knowledge of Agile life-cycle and components such as Sprints, Retrospectives and Stand-ups
• Exposure to working strategically alongside DevOps colleagues
• Comfortable stepping into the decision making, tool selection, strategy defining role
• Career experience of choosing fit for purpose approaches and plans
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Desirable for exposure to, or understanding of, environments where 'mobile app' solutions are core to business success (iOS, Android, React Native, Expo)
• Preference for prior experience in a start-up or scale-up environment, with the ability to operate with pace and energy matching the speed of action required in an early-stage business

Reward

An opportunity to join a fast growing tech start-up, where the financial backing, business pipeline and industry veterans are already in place.

The successful applicant will receive a salary linked to experience and practical knowledge with a growing benefits package including pension, private healthcare, EAP program, DIS and annual leave (25days + stats)

The work environment is characterised by flexibility with regards to working hours and practices, blended between working from home and working from the office. The current GO / GoLang development team are UK wide, there is a plan to use Edinburgh as a Hub, proximity to the office is desired, but ability to travel and meet one or twice a quarter will be required.

Key skills terminology

Software Engineer, Software Developer, Server-side, Back-end, GO, GoLang, GO language, BDD, TDD, Agile, Jira, BitBucket, CI, CD, React Native, GraphQL, Expo, AWS, Go, GoLang, SQL, Postgre, Mobile Test, API, Continuous Integration, Continuous Development, iOS, Android,

We are Disability Confident and neurodiverse aware. If you have a disability, please tell us if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you in your application or with your recruitment process