Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)

Ventula Consulting; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-focused consulting firm is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer specializing in C++ or Go. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing high-availability systems, leading API development, and integrating AI technologies. The role offers a salary range of £130k to £160k, with hybrid working options, requiring two in-office days per week in London.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Back End development.
• Experience building high-availability systems in production.
• Expert-level proficiency with C++ OR Go.

Responsibilities

• Own the Back End architecture for the Personal Welcome Manager.
• Design and optimize the AI orchestration pipeline.
• Lead the integration of AI services.

Skills

REST

C++ or Go (Golang)

Distributed systems

Real Time applications

Microservices architecture

Data streaming technologies

AI/ML API integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)

Overview: We are seeking a deeply technical and security-minded Senior Backend Engineer to join a newly-founded, high-impact AI joint venture. Backed by five of the world’s leading telecommunications giants, our mission is to restore trust in global voice communication. Our mission is to restore trust in voice communication by building a network‑native intelligence layer to stop fraud and create a new category of secure, AI‑powered user experiences. We are a Phase 2 company, meaning we are building the foundational engineering team that will define our culture and our success.

Key Responsibilities

AI Orchestration & Core Logic

• Own the end‑to‑end Back End architecture for the Personal Welcome Manager, our flagship conversational AI product.
• Design, build, and optimize the core AI orchestration pipeline (STT – LLM – TTS) to meet our 1000 ms V2V latency target.
• Serve as the technical lead for our "Buy, Don't Build" AI strategy, integrating, managing, and evaluating third‑party AI services from providers like Vapi, Deepgram, and Cartesia.
• Implement the core application logic for all Welcome Manager features, including intent‑capture, post‑call summarization with entity extraction, and error handling.

API & Application Development

• Design, build, and scale the mission‑critical, high‑availability RESTful APIs that serve our mobile clients (Android‑first).
• Architect and manage the Real Time streaming data flows (audio and text) required for the live transcription feature, utilizing technologies like WebSocket.
• Implement the Back End logic for user‑facing features, such as mid‑call intervention (allowing a user to accept a call during pre‑screening).

System Architecture & Quality

• Collaborate on the design of our cloud‑native, microservices‑based architecture to ensure all application services are scalable, resilient, and cost‑efficient.
• Work with the Platform & Security engineer to ensure all services adhere to our mandatory Zero Trust security architecture and protect sensitive user data.
• Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting for the entire AI pipeline, with a focus on our key latency (V2V), quality, and cost metrics.

Cross‑functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with the Senior Android Engineers to define robust API contracts and ensure a seamless, low‑latency experience for the live transcript and mid‑call intervention features.
• Collaborate with the Senior Backend Engineer (Telco Integration) to consume and orchestrate the proprietary network signals that power our Security Shield.
• Work with the Product Manager and UX/UI Designer to translate complex product requirements and the 1000 ms UX flow into a concrete technical reality.
• Collaborate with the DevOps Engineer on CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes‑based service deployment, and infrastructure scaling.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of hands‑on experience in Back End development, building and maintaining high‑availability, high‑throughput systems in production.

Technical & Backend Skills

• Expert‑level proficiency and at least 5 years of production experience with C++ OR Go (Golang).
• Strong, proven experience designing, building, and scaling high‑availability RESTful APIs for mobile or web clients.
• Deep experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event‑driven patterns.
• Demonstrated experience with Real Time applications and data streaming technologies (eg, WebSockets, gRPC, Kafka).
• Experience integrating third‑party AI/ML APIs (eg, LLMs, STT/TTS, or other complex services) into production systems.
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and deploying/managing services on a major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

This is a permanent position with hybrid working of two days a week in the central London office and the rest WFH. The salary is very much dependent on experience with a guide between £130k‑£160k basic + package.

• Seniority Level: Director
• Industry:
  • Telecommunications
  • Information Services
  • Technology, Information and Media
• Employment Type: Full‑time
• Job Functions:
  • Information Technology
• Skills:
  • REST