Go Backend Engineer | Hybrid, Azure Microservices

Itecopeople; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Bank holidays

Pension scheme

Job summary

ItecoPeople is seeking a Backend Developer to join a growing AI and automation team in London. You'll design, build and maintain Go microservices on a modern cloud-native Azure platform, delivering robust APIs and integrations in a hybrid work setup.

Working in a small, collaborative engineering unit, you’ll containerise services with Docker and Kubernetes, participate in code reviews, and help enhance reliability and performance across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Strong professional backend development experience with Go.
• Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and event-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, ideally Azure, alongside Git, CI/CD and GitOps practices.
• Commitment to clean, well-tested code and Agile teamwork.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Grafana or OpenTelemetry is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain backend services, primarily in Go, with Python where appropriate.
• Develop REST APIs, webhooks and event-driven integrations connecting internal systems and third-party platforms.
• Contribute across the development lifecycle from design to deployment and support.
• Participate in code reviews, improve reliability and performance, and produce technical docs.
• Containerise and deploy services using Docker and Kubernetes with team support.

Skills

Go

REST APIs

Event-driven

Azure

Git

CI/CD

GitOps

Agile

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Tools

Git

CI/CD

GitOps

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

ItecoPeople is seeking a Backend Developer to join a growing AI and automation team in London. You'll design, build and maintain Go microservices on a modern cloud-native Azure platform, delivering robust APIs and integrations in a hybrid work setup.

Working in a small, collaborative engineering unit, you’ll containerise services with Docker and Kubernetes, participate in code reviews, and help enhance reliability and performance across the enterprise.