Golang Engineer

Apprize Technology Solutions; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Apprize Technology Solutions is seeking a seasoned backend software engineer to join our London-area team. You will contribute to type-safe backend systems, microservice architectures, and data-driven customer journeys in a Scrum environment.

The role emphasizes REST and asynchronous messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ), CI/CD automation, and a strong focus on TDD/BDD testing to ensure production-readiness. Knowledge of PostgreSQL, Docker, GraphQL, and Git is valued.

Qualifications

• Experience with at least one back-end type-safe language.
• Experience with microservice architecture including REST and asynchronous messaging.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering or equivalent experience.
• Strong knowledge of test-driven development and related testing types.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and software development processes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and related tooling.

Skills

Backend development

Golang

REST

Asynchronous messaging

Scrum

CI/CD

TDD/BDD

Unit testing

Agile methodologies

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Postgres

GraphQL

Git

gRPC

Docker

Jenkins

JIRA

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or related technical discipline

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Postgres

Git

gRPC

Docker

GraphQL

Jenkins

Rally

JIRA

Job description

• Demonstrable experience in at least one back-end type safe programming language (Golang Preferred but other experience can be considered) .
• Comfortable/experienced with back-end micro-service architecture and communication, specifically REST and asynchronous messaging services (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ etc.) Comfortable/experience within a Scrum framework working with as part of a team to deliver business functions and customer journeys that are tested and automated throughout the CICD pipeline to production
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other 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 methodology (Agile, incl Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Waterfall.
• Knowledge of any or all of the following technologies is desired: Kafka, Postgres, Golang, Git, gRPC, Docker, GraphQL.
• Experienced in continuous integration (CI), continuous deployment (CD) and continuous testing (CT), including tools such as Jenkins, Rally and/or JIRA and version control such as GIT or SVN.