Go Developer/SRE

Square One Resources; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A technology recruitment firm is seeking a Go Developer/SRE for a fully remote contract role in the UK. The successful candidate will design, build, and manage core services and tooling for GitHub Enterprise, automate workflows, and enforce organizational policies. Strong proficiency in Go and significant experience with GitHub APIs, actions, and enterprise features are essential. The role involves collaboration, mentoring junior engineers, and driving automation initiatives, offering competitive pay up to £690 per day.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Go programming.
• Experience in designing and consuming APIs.
• Solid understanding of GitHub Enterprise features and best practices.
• Proven experience in operations, SRE, or infrastructure roles.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain robust software solutions for GitHub Enterprise.
• Automate organizational tasks and policy enforcement across GitHub.
• Develop systems for repository lifecycle management.
• Integrate GitHub with other enterprise services.
• Create comprehensive documentation for tools and services.

Skills

Proficient in Go

API Interaction

GitHub APIs

GitHub Apps

GitHub Actions

Operations/SRE experience

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Kubernetes

Problem Solving

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Job Title: Go Developer/SRE

Location: Fully Remote - must be UK based

Salary/Rate: Up to £690 per day inside IR35

Start Date: 12/01/2026

Job Type: Contract role - 6 months

Company Introduction

We are seeking a highly skilled Go Developer with strong SRE/Cloud Engineering and Github experience to join our client in the Global Analytical space.

You will be instrumental in designing, building, and managing the core services and tooling that underpin our extensive use of GitHub Enterprise. You will be responsible for developing code and solutions that automate and enforce policies for our GitHub Organisations, streamline repository life cycle management, and integrate tightly with our broader enterprise ecosystem.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives

• Design & Develop: Architect, develop, and maintain robust, scalable software solutions for managing GitHub Enterprise resources. This will primarily involve writing code (Go, Python or Java) that interacts extensively with GitHub's APIs.
• GitHub Organization Orchestration: Build tools and services to automate the creation, configuration, and policy enforcement across multiple GitHub Organizations.
• Repository Lifecycle Management: Develop systems for standardised repository creation, management, archiving, and deletion, ensuring compliance and security best practices.
• Policy Enforcement: Implement mechanisms, potentially including custom GitHub Apps and Actions, to enforce organizational policies around code quality, security, and contribution guidelines. This includes exploring alternatives to traditional pre-commit hooks.
• Tooling Integration: Integrate GitHub with other enterprise services (eg, identity providers, security scanners, compliance platforms) to create a seamless developer experience.
• Automation: Drive automation initiatives for operational tasks related to GitHub, reducing manual effort and improving efficiency.
• Generative AI Adoption: Actively explore and implement the use of Generative AI tools (eg, GitHub Copilot) within development processes to enhance productivity and code quality.
• Collaboration: Work closely with security, infrastructure, and development teams to understand requirements, gather feedback, and ensure solutions meet enterprise-wide needs.
• Documentation: Create clear, comprehensive documentation for the tools and services you develop.
• Mentorship: Provide technical leadership and mentor junior engineers within the team and across the organization.

Required Skills/Experience

• Software Development: Strong proficiency in Go
• API Interaction: Experience designing, consuming, and interacting with APIs.
• GitHub Ecosystem: Solid understanding of GitHub Enterprise features, best practices, and strong practical experience with:
  • GitHub APIs (REST and GraphQL)
  • GitHub Apps (building, deploying, managing)
  • GitHub Actions (designing complex workflows, custom actions)
  • GitHub Enterprise, Organization and Repository settings.
• Operations/Infrastructure Background: Proven experience in an operations, site reliability engineering (SRE), or infrastructure engineering role, with a strong appreciation for automation and stability.
• Familiarity with dependency management.
• Security remediation processes and secure coding practices.
• Testing frameworks and methodologies.
• Version control (Git) and Git workflows.
• Problem Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing challenges.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Hands-on experience with Terraform & Kubernetes or similar tooling for managing cloud resources.