Platform Engineer: Go & iOS (Contract, Hybrid)

Hyra; Hemel Hempstead; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyra is seeking a Software Engineer to build and scale backend Go services and iOS frameworks in a hybrid Bristol environment. You will work across Go microservices, Kubernetes, and reusable iOS SDKs while contributing to API platforms and cloud-native components.

You will collaborate with architects and product teams to design robust APIs, drive CI/CD automation, and improve reliability. This role mixes backend, mobile framework development, and cloud operations.

Qualifications

• Design REST and gRPC APIs for digital products.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing REST and gRPC APIs used by digital products.
• Building scalable microservices using Golang.
• Creating and maintaining reusable iOS frameworks and SDKs using Swift.
• Deploying and supporting applications on Kubernetes.
• Automating build, deployment and infrastructure processes through CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
• Improving platform reliability, observability and security.
• Collaborating with architects, product teams and engineers across the wider business.
• Supporting engineering best practice, code quality and technical standards.

Skills

Backend Development

Golang (Go)

REST APIs

gRPC

Microservices architecture

API design

iOS Development

Swift

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

PostgreSQL

NoSQL Databases

Kafka

Event-driven

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

Terraform

Cloud automation

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

Hyra is seeking a Software Engineer to build and scale backend Go services and iOS frameworks in a hybrid Bristol environment. You will work across Go microservices, Kubernetes, and reusable iOS SDKs while contributing to API platforms and cloud-native components.

You will collaborate with architects and product teams to design robust APIs, drive CI/CD automation, and improve reliability. This role mixes backend, mobile framework development, and cloud operations.