Golang Engineer

Oliver Bernard; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Competitive salary

Career progression

Job summary

Oliver Bernard is seeking an experienced Full Stack Engineer (Golang) to join a high-performing team building scalable, customer-facing applications used across international markets. You will work across frontend and backend, collaborating with Product, Design, and Engineering to deliver features and improve platform performance.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, cloud-based stacks, and modern software practices.

Qualifications

• Senior or Lead Golang Engineer with commercial experience
• Experience designing scalable distributed systems
• Strong collaboration with Product, Design and Engineering teams
• Experience with modern cloud-based architectures and AI-influenced development

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable full stack applications.
• Build clean, maintainable code with good documentation.
• Develop new user-facing features and backend services.
• Design and maintain RESTful APIs and distributed services.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering standards.
• Optimise performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across the stack.
• Develop automated tests to ensure code quality.
• Contribute to tooling and process improvements.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies.

Skills

Golang

Microservices

RESTful APIs

gRPC

Vue.js

Nuxt.js

SQL

NoSQL

AWS

CI/CD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Location: Hybrid (2 days per month in Central London)

We're partnering with an established international digital marketplace business to recruit an experienced Full Stack Engineer, Golang. This is an opportunity to join a high-performing engineering team building products used by millions of users across multiple international markets.

The business operates a portfolio of successful online platforms and is investing heavily in technology, AI-assisted engineering practices, and product innovation. You'll work on large-scale, customer-facing applications where your contributions will have real impact.

The Opportunity

As a Full Stack Engineer, you'll design, build, and maintain scalable software across both frontend and backend systems. Working closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams, you'll help deliver new features, improve platform performance, and contribute to the evolution of a modern, cloud-based technology stack.

The engineering team embraces AI-assisted development and spec-driven engineering, providing an environment focused on quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy scalable full stack applications.
• Build clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following engineering best practices.
• Develop new user-facing features and backend services.
• Design and maintain RESTful APIs and distributed services.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering standards.
• Optimise application performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across the full technology stack.
• Develop and maintain automated testing to ensure code quality.
• Contribute to continuous improvements in development processes, tooling, and engineering practices.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and modern software development approaches.

About You

You'll be an experienced Full Stack Engineer with a passion for building scalable, high-quality software in a collaborative environment.

You'll ideally have experience with:

• Commercial experience as a Senior or Lead Golang Engineer
• Agentic Development and/or Spec-Driven Development methodologies
• Vue.js and Nuxt.js
• Frontend build tools and package managers
• Designing and building RESTful APIs
• gRPC and microservices architecture
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Containerisation and deployment technologies
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

What's on Offer

• Hybrid working (2 days per week in Central London)
• Opportunity to work on products with millions of users across international markets
• Collaborative, experienced engineering team
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Excellent opportunities for technical growth and career progression