Golang Consultant

Consult; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Consult in Bristol, UK is seeking a Golang Consultant to design, implement and optimise secure, scalable backend services. You will work on enterprise-grade Go applications, APIs, and microservices within a modern cloud-native stack.

Collaboration across teams, adherence to CI/CD pipelines, and focus on non-functional requirements (NFRs) will be essential. The role is an Inside IR35 contract requiring strong problem solving and security-conscious coding.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of writing secure scalable enterprise-grade Go applications.
• Experience with REST APIs, containerisation technologies, micro-services architecture.
• Experience with DevOps practices, including infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and deployment strategies.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team as well as independently.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and strategic thinking skills.
• In depth knowledge of best coding practices, code management, agile development practices and continuous delivery.
• Understand how to performance optimise and fine tune backend applications to meet demanding NFRs.
• Strong knowledge of observability tools like Splunk, Dynatrace.

Skills

Go (Golang)

REST APIs

Microservices

DevOps & CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Observability (Splunk)

Observability (Dynatrace)

Performance tuning

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Splunk

Dynatrace

Job description

Role Title: Golang Consultant

Location: Bristol, UK

EMployment Type: Inside IR35 Contract

What we need from you / essential skills & experience:

• Extensive knowledge of writing secure scalable enterprise-grade Go applications
• Experience of RESTAPIs, containerisation technologies, micro-services architecture
• Experience with DevOps practices, including infrastructure automation, CI/CD, and deployment strategies.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team as well as independently
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and strategic thinking skills
• In depth knowledge of best coding practices, code management, agile development practices and continuous delivery
• Understand how to performance optimise and fine tune backend applications to meet demanding NFRs
• Strong knowledge of observability tools like SPLUNK, Dynatrace

Desirable knowledge & experience

• Experience of JAVA development
• Experience with cryptography frameworks in go and JAVA
• Experience with SQL databases
• Experience and/or Interest in application security and/or mobile app security.