Backend Engineer – Cloud-Native Go/Java, Hybrid Belfast

Ocho; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical aid

Pension

Job summary

Ocho is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to join a Belfast-based engineering team. You will design, build and maintain cloud-native backend services, taking features from concept to production and ensuring performance and reliability at scale.

You'll work in a collaborative, ownership-driven environment with CI/CD and microservices, using Go or Java and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure). Belfast-based with hybrid work (3 days in office).

Qualifications

• Degree in a relevant technical discipline.
• Solid commercial experience in backend software engineering.
• Strong programming skills in Go or Java.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, databases and messaging systems.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and microservices architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain backend services in a cloud environment.
• Take full ownership of features from concept through to production.
• Optimise application performance and system reliability.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and system design discussions.
• Support capacity planning and ongoing service scalability.
• Participate in peer code reviews and technical knowledge-sharing.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps and product teams.

Skills

Go or Java

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

CI/CD pipelines

Microservices architectures

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Ocho is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to join a Belfast-based engineering team. You will design, build and maintain cloud-native backend services, taking features from concept to production and ensuring performance and reliability at scale.

You'll work in a collaborative, ownership-driven environment with CI/CD and microservices, using Go or Java and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure). Belfast-based with hybrid work (3 days in office).