Junior Back End Developer

Intec Select; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Intec Select is looking for a Junior Backend Developer to join its engineering team, focusing on Go and AWS to build and maintain APIs and services that power our platforms. The role involves delivering reliable backend components and collaborating with senior engineers and product teams in a fast-growing environment.

Based in London, the position offers 1–2 days on-site per week with the rest of the time potentially flexible.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of professional software development experience.
• Solid experience with Go.
• Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases.
• Strong engineering fundamentals and a solid delivery background.
• Good understanding of web fundamentals (HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP).

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services and APIs using Go.
• Work closely with senior engineers and product teams to translate requirements into working features.
• Build and maintain RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs, databases, and backend services.
• Support the ongoing performance, scalability, and security of backend systems.
• Work with AWS cloud infrastructure to deploy and maintain services.

Skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Go

AWS

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

My client is going through an exciting stage of growth, investing heavily in modernising its platforms with scalable, cloud-native architecture. They're looking for a Junior Backend Developer to join their engineering team, working primarily in Go and AWS to build and maintain the APIs and services powering their platforms.

London: 1–2 days/week on-site

Role & Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services and APIs using Go
• Work closely with senior engineers and product teams to translate requirements into working features
• Build and maintain RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs, databases, and backend services
• Support the ongoing performance, scalability, and security of backend systems
• Work with AWS cloud infrastructure to deploy and maintain services

Skills & Experience

• 2–5 years' professional software development experience
• Solid experience with Go
• Experience with AWS
• Experience with SQL and/or NoSQL databases
• Strong engineering fundamentals and a solid delivery background
• Good understanding of web fundamentals (HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP)