Senior Go Engineer

Opus Resourcing Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruitment agency seeks a Senior Go Engineer to design and deliver robust cloud Back End services. This role emphasizes building scalable systems in a modern Golang-first environment, with responsibilities including API optimization and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates have hands-on experience with GCP and excellent problem-solving skills. Competitive salary of £80,000-£100,000, remote-first with periodic office attendance in London Paddington. Enjoy generous benefits and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

30 days' holiday

Wellness initiatives

Premium insurance

Regular team events

Opportunity for European travel

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Go, building and maintaining scalable cloud Back End services.
• Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Solid grounding in software design and clean code.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test cloud-native Back End services using Go.
• Build and optimise resilient APIs for multi-tenant environments.
• Deploy and operate services on GCP using CI/CD practices.

Skills

Go

Cloud platforms (GCP = preferred, AWS/Azure = valuable)

Software design

CI/CD

Observability tooling (Grafana, Prometheus)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Lower-level languages (C++ or Rust)

API design

Problem-solving mindset

Professional English

Education

Relevant technical degree

Job description

Senior Go Engineer

is required to design and deliver robust, scalable cloud Back End services for an innovative European consumer technology scale-up building high-end cloud platforms that enhance user experience across productivity-focused electronic devices. This role sits within a modern, Golang-first engineering environment (Go, GCP, Terraform) with minimal Legacy, offering genuine influence over future-proof system design.

Salary

£80,000-£100,000 + benefits (30 days' holiday).

Location

Remote-first, with 2 days per week in the London Paddington area.

Key skills required for the Senior Go Engineer

• Strong commercial experience with Go, building and maintaining scalable cloud Back End services
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP strongly preferred; AWS or Azure also valuable)
• Solid grounding in software design, clean code, CI/CD, system robustness and scalability
• Experience with observability tooling such as Grafana, Prometheus, logging, metrics and tracing
• Infrastructure as Code experience (eg Terraform) - this is not a DevOps role
• Understanding of lower-level languages such as C++ or Rust
• Experience designing scalable APIs and working within multi-tenant architectures
• Background in software engineering with a relevant technical degree
• Ability to take end-to-end ownership with a pragmatic, problem-solving mindset
• Collaborative, analytical, and comfortable working cross-functionally
• Professional written and spoken English

What you'll do as a Senior Go Engineer

• Design, develop and test cloud-native Back End services using Go
• Build and optimise resilient APIs and frameworks for multi-tenant environments
• Deploy, monitor and operate services on GCP using modern CI/CD practices
• Explore AI-driven opportunities within the cloud strategy, including optimisation of existing models
• Design data pipelines and IAM policies supporting petabyte-scale datasets
• Collaborate closely with Embedded, product, design and content teams
• Champion continuous improvement, raising engineering standards and code quality

Why this role?

• Join a mission-driven consumer technology innovator focused on creativity and productivity
• Be part of a large, European Golang-focused cloud engineering group working at scale
• Work with a clean, modern codebase and minimal technical debt
• Collaborate with highly skilled engineers and product specialists
• A culture that values focus, craftsmanship and technical excellence
• Generous benefits including additional leave, wellness initiatives, premium insurance and regular team events (including some European travel)
• A supportive environment with scope to influence both technical strategy and product evolution

Opus Resourcing acts as an employment agency with respect to permanent employment.

Apply now or message us for more details. Referrals always welcome!