Backend Engineer (Golang/Java) — Hybrid, Equity & Health

Ocho; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Private healthcare

Flexible / hybrid working

Job summary

Ocho is hiring Backend Software Engineers to join a cloud security platform in a hybrid role in Northern Ireland. You will work on complex, data-intensive systems in a cloud-native environment, owning services end to end from design to deployment and monitoring.

You’ll influence architecture, perform reliability analyses, and collaborate with Product, Frontend, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable, high-performance features. Join a well-funded startup with global ambitions.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar.
• Strong experience with Golang and/or Java (other languages welcome).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience building data-intensive or distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with microservices architectures.
• Strong analytical thinking and ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Own services end to end: design, build, deploy, monitor, and iterate.
• Contribute to technical and architectural decisions.
• Perform reliability and performance analysis on Golang / Java-based systems.
• Conduct high-quality design and code reviews.
• Work closely with Product, Frontend, and DevOps teams to deliver best-in-class features.
• Contribute to capacity planning and SLO definition.
• Continuously improve scalability, performance, and reliability.

Skills

Golang

Java

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Microservices

Ownership mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Ocho is hiring Backend Software Engineers to join a cloud security platform in a hybrid role in Northern Ireland. You will work on complex, data-intensive systems in a cloud-native environment, owning services end to end from design to deployment and monitoring.

You’ll influence architecture, perform reliability analyses, and collaborate with Product, Frontend, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable, high-performance features. Join a well-funded startup with global ambitions.