Golang Developer (with Java experience)

Version 1; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A trusted technology services provider in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a skilled developer with expertise in Go, Java, and Python. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and develop digital products, ensuring code quality and optimising applications for performance. The ideal candidate has strong experience with messaging systems and a solid understanding of cloud solutions. Benefits include a comprehensive package prioritising wellbeing and professional growth.

Benefits

Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share

Flexible/remote working

Pension and Private Healthcare

Gym Discounts and Fitness classes

Educational assistance

Annual Excellence Awards

Qualifications

• Solid experience in Go, especially in production environments.
• Prior software development experience with Java or Python is mandatory.
• Experience with messaging systems like Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with product owners and team members on solution design.
• Ensure code meets architectural and coding standards.
• Optimise applications following best practices for performance.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Java

Python

Apache Kafka

RabbitMQ

SQL

No-SQL

HTML/CSS

JavaScript

DevOps principles

AWS

Tools

Docker

CI/CD tools

Jenkins

Ansible

Job description

Overview

Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services. We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do. We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with product owners, business analysts, technical architects, UX/UI designers, and other team members to understand business requirements and drive the solution design and development of our digital products.
• Ensure code meets the requirements and is in accordance with our architectural and coding standards and patterns.
• Optimising applications using best practices for performance.
• Propose any upgrades and updates necessary for keeping up with modern security and the development of best practices.
• Contribute to our shared component libraries and build modular and reusable components and libraries.
• Provide mentorship for more junior members of the team and share knowledge of your skillsets out to the wider team

Qualifications

• Solid experience in Go (Golang), especially in production environments. You should be familiar with common design patterns, concurrency, testing, and the core language features and feel confident using them.
• Prior software development experience with Java or Python is mandatory.
• Experience with messaging systems like Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ, including designing and implementing event-driven architectures for scalable and reliable communication between services.
• Strong background in building enterprise-wide software solutions in multi-technology environments and a solid understanding of the impact of changes on the environment.
• Familiarity with database concepts, relational SQL, and No-SQL as a plus.
• Basic HTML/CSS skills, ideally with some exposure to TailwindCSS is desirable
• Basic JavaScript and familiarity with Alpine.js is desirable
• Experience developing REST-based APIs.
• Basic knowledge with DevOps principles and CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, Docker).
• Knowledge of developing solutions on AWS cloud platform with familiarity in services such as serverless functions, databases, storage, and compute resources is desirable.
• Ability to articulate points and provide summaries and explanations of technical concepts.
• Prior experience working in financial services would be helpful.
• Strong analytical skills for diagnosing and troubleshooting potential system issues to process a solution.
• Ability to build a network of relationships across the organization, obtain a detailed understanding of internal clients’ needs and drive organization wide design concepts gaining buy in and support of stakeholders.
• Flexibility to work with different programming languages and willing to learn new technologies as required by the project.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.