Go (Golang) Developer / Backend Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Private healthcare

Bonus ↗

Job summary

Eclipse IT Recruitment is looking for an experienced Go back-end developer to design, build, and maintain scalable services in a microservices architecture. The role sits in a hybrid Birmingham setup, with UK remote considered for certain candidates.

You will own backend services from design through production, work with Kubernetes in the cloud, and collaborate closely with product and platform teams to deliver features. Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Production Go experience is required.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and microservices.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Cloud exposure on AWS or GCP; Azure also welcomed; Terraform is a plus.

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 using modern monitoring and observability tools.
• Collaborate with product and platform teams to ship features.

Skills

Go production experience

REST APIs & microservices

Team collaboration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Azure

PostgreSQL

Kafka

CI/CD

Job description

Location: Birmingham / hybrid (UK remote considered)

Salary: £70,000 – £100,000 + bonus and benefits

Type: Permanent, full time

Our client, a fast-growing UK technology business, is expanding its backend team and needs a Go developer to help build the services behind its core product. Engineers here own their work from design through to production.

What you'll do:

• 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 take an active part in code reviews
• Improve the performance, reliability and security of live services
• Support live services using modern monitoring and observability tools
• Work closely with product and platform colleagues to ship features

What you'll bring:

• Commercial experience writing Go in production (mid to senior level)
• A good grasp of REST APIs and microservices
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Cloud experience on AWS or GCP (Azure also welcome)
• CI/CD pipelines; Terraform a plus
• SQL databases such as PostgreSQL; Kafka a bonus
• Clear communication and a team-first approach

Benefits:

• Pension
• private healthcare
• bonus
• with some clients, share options