Senior Go Engineer: Remote Cloud Backend

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

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.