Golang Developer

EUROPEAN SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED; Burgess Hill; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

EUROPEAN SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED is seeking a Backend Software Engineer in the United Kingdom to build and enhance features in the Account domain within a microservices architecture using Golang. You will work on REST services, messaging with Kafka/RabbitMQ, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines in a Scrum team.

The role requires hands-on experience with Go, databases (SQL/NoSQL), containers (Docker), and modern testing strategies (TDD).

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in at least one back-end, type-safe programming language; Golang is preferred, but other experience can be considered.
• Comfortable with back-end microservice architecture and REST & asynchronous messaging services like Kafka/RabbitMQ.
• Performs in Scrum framework delivering tested and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance features in the Account domain as a Software Engineer on a Scrum team.
• Coordinate and work with other engineers across the platform to share knowledge and principles.
• Drive innovation and grow knowledge and skills as an engineer.
• Take ownership of an area of the codebase while collaborating with others.

Skills

Golang

REST

Kafka

RabbitMQ

CI/CD

TDD

SQL

NoSQL

Docker

GraphQL

Git

Jenkins

JIRA

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Postgres

Job description

Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience in at least one back-end, type-safe programming language; Golang is preferred, but other experience can be considered.
• Comfortable and experienced with back-end microservice architecture and communication, specifically REST and asynchronous messaging services such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar.
• Comfortable working within a Scrum framework as part of a team to deliver business functions and customer journeys that are tested and automated throughout the CI/CD pipeline to production.
• A bachelors degree in computer science, computer engineering, or another technical discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in professional software development.
• Solid understanding of test-driven development, including unit, component, functional, system integration, and regression tests.
• Knowledge of software engineering methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Test-Driven Development, Behavior Driven Development, and Waterfall.
• Knowledge of one or more of the following technologies: Kafka, Postgres, Golang, Git, gRPC, Docker, GraphQL.
• Experience with continuous integration, continuous deployment, and continuous testing, including tools such as Jenkins, Rally, and/or JIRA, and version control such as Git or SVN.
• Practical use of interfaces within a Go application.
• Familiarity with PUT or PATCH methods.
• Understanding of CAP theory.
• Good familiarity with Go packages, concurrency patterns, and the distinction between goroutines.
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL, including several databases.

Responsibilities:

• Build and enhance features in the Account domain as a Software Engineer on a Scrum team.
• Coordinate and work with other engineers across the platform to share knowledge and principles.
• Drive innovation and grow knowledge and skills as an engineer.
• Take ownership of an area of the codebase while relying on others to own issues in their applications and areas of the codebase.

Technologies:

• CI/CD
• Docker
• Git
• Golang
• GraphQL
• JIRA
• Jenkins
• Kafka
• Kanban
• NoSQL
• REST
• RabbitMQ
• SQL
• SVN
• gRPC
• TDD

More:

We are a modern microservice-based Loyalty and Benefits platform designed to handle all aspects of the Loyalty and Benefits customer experience globally. We use modern tools such as Golang, Kafka, and Docker, and offer ample opportunity to drive innovation and grow knowledge and skills as an engineer.

last updated 40 week of 2026