Lead Go & Cloud Architect for Scalable Services

FactSet; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial analytics firm based in Greater London is seeking a skilled software engineer with over 6 years of experience to lead the architecture and design of scalable services. The ideal candidate will have strong programming skills in Golang or Python, experience with AWS, and a proven track record of delivering complex software solutions. The role offers the opportunity to significantly impact strategy and contribute to innovative projects.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems.
• Ability to achieve stretch goals in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Leading the architecture, design, development, and launch of highly available, low latency services.
• Influencing overall strategy and defining features.
• Researching 3rd party products for service-oriented architecture.

Skills

Architecting and building multi-threaded, distributed systems

Experience with Golang, Python, or Rust

Strong SQL experience

AWS services (EC2, ECS, S3, Glue)

Extensive programming in C#, Python, Go

C#

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

A global financial analytics firm based in Greater London is seeking a skilled software engineer with over 6 years of experience to lead the architecture and design of scalable services. The ideal candidate will have strong programming skills in Golang or Python, experience with AWS, and a proven track record of delivering complex software solutions. The role offers the opportunity to significantly impact strategy and contribute to innovative projects.