Senior Backend Engineer - Go & Kubernetes for AI Platforms

Radiant; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance (Bupa)

Cycle to Work Scheme

Gympass subscription

Company shares program

Enhanced parental pay & leave

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Radiant is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong Go and Kubernetes experience to design and build high-performance, cloud-native backend services and scalable APIs that support AI workloads, including LLMs and GPU-based services. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional platform and ML teams to deliver robust software solutions.

You will mentor junior engineers, uphold engineering best practices, and drive initiatives to improve code quality and system performance, while deploying to

Qualifications

• Proven experience developing production systems in Golang.
• Hands-on experience designing and deploying distributed systems and APIs (gRPC, REST).
• Proven ability to improve software quality through tests, code reviews, and clean code.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust applications and services in Go.
• Implement secure, reliable APIs (gRPC/REST) and backend systems.
• Work with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases for high-performance querying and storage.
• Deploy and operate applications in Kubernetes, leveraging Helm charts and the Kubernetes API.
• Contribute to architectural discussions, providing input on design reviews and system evolution.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, observability, and maintainability through reviews and best practices.

Skills

Golang

Kubernetes

gRPC

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

Helm

Containers

Microservices

CI/CD

DevOps

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes API

Helm Charts

Job description

Radiant is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong Go and Kubernetes experience to design and build high-performance, cloud-native backend services and scalable APIs that support AI workloads, including LLMs and GPU-based services. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional platform and ML teams to deliver robust software solutions.

You will mentor junior engineers, uphold engineering best practices, and drive initiatives to improve code quality and system performance, while deploying to