Go Backend Engineer – Hybrid/Remote, Kubernetes & Cloud

Eclipse IT Recruitment; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private healthcare

Bonus

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Job summary

Eclipse IT Recruitment is assisting a fast-growing UK technology business in Manchester. They seek a Go backend developer to design, build, and maintain services behind the core product, operating in a microservices setup on Kubernetes.

You’ll own features end-to-end from design to production, with strong emphasis on code quality and collaboration. The role requires production Go experience, REST/microservices proficiency, Docker and Kubernetes skills, and cloud work on AWS or GCP.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience writing Go in production.
• Good grasp of REST APIs and microservices.
• Hands-on Docker and Kubernetes.
• Cloud exposure on AWS or GCP; Azure welcome.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain backend services and APIs in Go.
• Work within a microservices architecture running on Kubernetes in the cloud.
• Write clean, well-tested code and participate in code reviews.
• Improve performance, reliability and security of live services.
• Support live services with monitoring and observability tools.
• Collaborate with product and platform teams to ship features.

Skills

Go

REST APIs

Microservices

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP

Terraform

SQL (PostgreSQL)

Kafka

CI/CD

Cloud observability

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Eclipse IT Recruitment is assisting a fast-growing UK technology business in Manchester. They seek a Go backend developer to design, build, and maintain services behind the core product, operating in a microservices setup on Kubernetes.

You’ll own features end-to-end from design to production, with strong emphasis on code quality and collaboration. The role requires production Go experience, REST/microservices proficiency, Docker and Kubernetes skills, and cloud work on AWS or GCP.