Backend Engineer (Go) - Platform & Kubernetes Security

Valarian Technologies; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Competitive salary

Employer pension contributions

Private health insurance

Hybrid work setup

Company retreats

Job summary

Valarian Technologies is seeking an experienced Go backend engineer to build and operate the Acra platform behind our secure Kubernetes-based workflows. You’ll help design and implement APIs, services, and platform components with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability.

You will work primarily in Go, collaborating with teams across platform infrastructure, security, and product to deliver robust backend solutions.

Qualifications

• Backend experience with Go and API/microservice design.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of CI/CD and GitOps workflows.
• Ability to design reliable, scalable systems and data flows.

Responsibilities

• Develop backend services, APIs, and platform components using Go.
• Own services from design to testing, deployment, and production monitoring.
• Work with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, GitOps, and secrets management.

Skills

Go

Backend engineering

APIs / Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Tools

Argo CD

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes registries

Job description

Valarian Technologies is seeking an experienced Go backend engineer to build and operate the Acra platform behind our secure Kubernetes-based workflows. You’ll help design and implement APIs, services, and platform components with a focus on reliability, security, and scalability.

You will work primarily in Go, collaborating with teams across platform infrastructure, security, and product to deliver robust backend solutions.