Senior Backend Engineer - Golang, AWS, API, Data Pipelines

Meltwater Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Flexible work arrangements

Health insurance

Wellness benefits

Family leave program

Job summary

Meltwater Group is seeking a backend-focused software engineer to design and build scalable API and export features in a cloud-native environment. You will contribute to high-throughput data pipelines and MCP server architecture, working with AWS, Golang, and modern observability practices.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product managers and senior engineers, developing resilient microservices, and improving developer experience around APIs and data workflows.

Qualifications

• 4+ years software engineering with backend focus.
• Proficiency in Golang.
• Experience designing resilient REST APIs and cloud-native apps (AWS).
• Strong understanding of microservice architecture and backend design.

Responsibilities

• Own design, development, and optimization of API, export, and MCP features.
• Collaborate with product managers and senior engineers to define functionality and architecture for high-throughput pipelines.
• Build robust export pipelines, streaming architectures, webhook integrations, and MCP servers.
• Maintain high observability and reliability using tools like CloudWatch and Grafana.
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response for owned services.

Skills

Backend experience

REST API design

AI-augmented workflows

Observability practices

Tools

Golang

AWS

PostgreSQL

Redis

DynamoDB

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenAPI

Swagger

Terraform

CloudWatch

Grafana

OAuth

API Gateway

Job description

Meltwater Group is seeking a backend-focused software engineer to design and build scalable API and export features in a cloud-native environment. You will contribute to high-throughput data pipelines and MCP server architecture, working with AWS, Golang, and modern observability practices.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product managers and senior engineers, developing resilient microservices, and improving developer experience around APIs and data workflows.