Go Lead Architect: Scalable Microservices & Reliability

Just Eat Holding Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Just Eat Takeaway.com is seeking a proactive Senior Engineer to drive our high-volume POS and menu integrations. You will architect, develop, and maintain robust microservices in Go, shaping the technical vision to keep global brands running smoothly across markets.

You will lead by example, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and delivery teams to ensure reliable rollouts. Deep expertise in event-driven architectures, observability, and AWS services will be essential for scalable,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Go experience in commercial settings.
• Expertise in architecting microservices and event-driven systems.
• Strong focus on observability and production reliability.
• Experience mentoring mid-level and junior engineers, fostering best practices.
• Comfort with AI-assisted development to accelerate workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build, scale, and lead high-throughput microservices in Go.
• Drive system design and architecture for scalable integrations.
• Mentor and coach mid-level and junior engineers across teams.
• Collaborate with product and delivery to ensure smooth, reliable rollouts across markets.
• Champion observability and incident response to reduce production impact.

Skills

Go programming

Event-driven architecture

SRE mindset

Mentoring engineers

AI-assisted development

Tools

AWS

DynamoDB

SNS

SQS

S3

Job description

Just Eat Takeaway.com is seeking a proactive Senior Engineer to drive our high-volume POS and menu integrations. You will architect, develop, and maintain robust microservices in Go, shaping the technical vision to keep global brands running smoothly across markets.

You will lead by example, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and delivery teams to ensure reliable rollouts. Deep expertise in event-driven architectures, observability, and AWS services will be essential for scalable,