Lead Go Developer

Salary: £30,500 - 104,500 per year

Requirements

• Solid experience in backend development roles
• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang), including concurrency models and thread-safe coding
• Proven experience with Redis (caching & Pub/Sub) and RabbitMQ (messaging)
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL and libraries such as sqlx and gorm
• Solid understanding of Docker and containerised development
• Experience building RESTful APIs and integrating services
• Desirable: AWS services (Lambda, EventBridge, SQS), microservices architecture, CI/CD tooling, event-driven systems

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Go (Golang)
• Build and manage messaging patterns and asynchronous workflows with Redis and RabbitMQ
• Develop efficient, scalable database schemas and queries in PostgreSQL
• Build clean, well-documented RESTful APIs and service integrations
• Contribute to containerised environments using Docker and maintain cloud-native services on AWS
• Participate in architecture discussions, CI/CD pipelines, and quality assurance processes
• Mentor peers, share knowledge, and promote best practices in backend development

Technologies

• AWS
• Lambda
• Backend
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Docker
• Golang
• PostgreSQL
• RabbitMQ
• Redis
• microservices
• DevOps

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We are a digital SaaS provider backed by the government, hiring a Lead GO Engineer to join our fast-scaling, purpose-driven team. We are focused on delivering impactful digital services that aid and improve peoples lives. This is a fully remote contract role with excellent benefits including 30 days of holiday, a 6% pension contribution, and healthcare, offering a competitive salary of up to £75,000. We value collaboration and aim to continuously scale and transform through innovative projects.

last updated 17 week of 2026