Golang Backend Engineer

Opus Resourcing Ltd; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking company is seeking a Golang Software Engineer to join their innovative team in Reading. This exciting role involves developing cloud-native applications on the Google Cloud Platform, focusing on clean code and agile methodologies. You'll work in a collaborative environment, tackling complex challenges while enhancing your skills with cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes and Terraform. With opportunities for career growth and participation in company-wide hackathons, this position promises to be both rewarding and dynamic. If you have a passion for software engineering and want to make a significant impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Proficient in writing Back End services using Golang for cloud-native services.
• Experience with cloud platforms like GCP or AWS and deploying resources using Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy Back End GCP services using Golang.
• Monitor GCP resources and create dashboards using Grafana and Prometheus.

Skills

Golang

Cloud-native development

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

Cloud SQL

Grafana

Prometheus

AWS

Clean code practices

Job description

Golang Software Engineer required with strong Back End engineering skills in Golang/Go programming language for Google Cloud Platform/GCP services, Back End development combined with containers, ideally Kubernetes, to deploy services is required by a world-leading cloud video company in Reading with a strong software engineering culture to work on their secure cloud video platform in the analytics/telemetry space.

Salary £65-90k + Benefits

This role would suit a mid-level or senior engineer who wants to work on complex cloud-native Golang development.

The Golang Software engineer role would be hybrid-based in Reading, typically 3 days per week. The office has excellent parking and is easily accessible from Reading train station.

Key skills required for the role of Golang Software Engineer role would include

• Proficient in writing Back End services using Go Programming language/Golang for cloud-native/GCP/Google Cloud Platform services.
• Strong skills in developing and designing cloud platform services/Back End systems in Go/Golang.
• Proven experience in writing clean code and CI/CD with a testing mindset.
• Experience developing cloud-native applications running on Kubernetes/Containers.
• Skills with Databases, ideally Cloud SQL.
• Experience working with public cloud platforms, ideally GCP or AWS.
• Deployment of cloud resources using Infrastructure-as-code such as Terraform.
• Any experience with dashboards and alerting with Grafana using Prometheus metrics, Loki logging, and Tempo tracing to monitor and debug services would be an advantage.
• Strong communication skills and team player who can discuss complex architectures and work in a highly skilled international team.

Key responsibilities for the Golang Software Engineer would be

• Working within a small agile team to design, build, test and deploy Back End GCP services using Golang/Go.
• Focus on writing clean, maintainable code that is well-tested.
• Define, design and implement new features by working with other engineering, product, and support teams.
• Set up and monitor GCP resources using Infrastructure as code with Terraform.
• Working with Grafana, Prometheus and Loki to create dashboards and alerting.
• Be proactive in identifying and making improvements to our existing code base.
• Actively participate in resolving incidents that occur during working hours.

This is an outstanding chance to join and develop your career within a mid-sized, respected software company with a significant European software engineering presence and a friendly and inclusive culture.

The software engineering bar is high, and it's a great chance to flex your Golang skills working oncomplex GCP cloud-native applications.

There will also be the chance to occasionally travel to their other development hub in Europe and regularly participate in company-wide hackathons.

Opus Resourcing acts as an employment agency with respect to permanent employment.

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Job Overview

ID:

1457606

Date Posted:

Posted 1 week ago

Expiration Date:

28/05/2025

Location:

Reading

Competitive

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