Senior Go Engineer — Scalable Microservices Leader

JobCubby; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Just Eat Takeaway.com is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead platform developments in Go, focusing on high-volume POS and menu integrations across 10+ countries. You will shape architectural decisions, drive scalable microservices, and champion observability while mentoring colleagues.

The role emphasizes an SRE mindset, AWS design/deployment expertise, and leveraging AI tools to accelerate delivery. Join a fast-paced, globally impactful engineering culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years commercial Go development experience.
• Strong expertise in architecting microservices and event-driven systems.
• SRE mindset with emphasis on production reliability and incident response.
• Hands-on leadership with AWS services (DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, S3).
• Comfortable leveraging AI coding assistants to accelerate workflow.

Responsibilities

• Build, scale, and lead high-volume POS and menu integrations across 10+ countries in Go.
• Drive system design and architecture for scalable solutions.
• Champion observability and resolve production incidents proactively.
• Mentor engineers and elevate engineering standards across the team.
• Collaborate with product and delivery teams for reliable international rollouts.

Skills

Go programming

Microservices design

Event-driven architecture

Site Reliability Engineering mindset

AI-assisted development

Tools

AWS

DynamoDB

S3

SQS

SNS

Job description

Just Eat Takeaway.com is seeking a Senior Engineer to lead platform developments in Go, focusing on high-volume POS and menu integrations across 10+ countries. You will shape architectural decisions, drive scalable microservices, and champion observability while mentoring colleagues.

The role emphasizes an SRE mindset, AWS design/deployment expertise, and leveraging AI tools to accelerate delivery. Join a fast-paced, globally impactful engineering culture.