Senior Golang Developer

Salt; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt is seeking a Senior Golang Developer to build a modern, globally scalable Loyalty & Benefits platform. You will work in an Agile team developing high-performance microservices and RESTful APIs using cloud-native technologies.

Essential skills include strong Golang experience, microservices architecture, event-driven systems, Docker, and CI/CD. Bonus for Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, gRPC/GraphQL, AWS, and TDD experience.

Qualifications

• Proven strong commercial Golang experience.
• Experience with microservices and RESTful APIs.
• Event-driven systems experience (Kafka, RabbitMQ or similar).
• Docker and containerised applications.
• CI/CD pipelines and automated testing in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance microservices and APIs in a cloud-native stack.
• Collaborate within an Agile engineering team to deliver scalable solutions.
• Build and operate globally scalable Loyalty & Benefits platform components.

Skills

Golang

Microservices

REST APIs

Kafka / RabbitMQ

Docker

CI / CD

Agile / Scrum

Communication

Testing / TDD

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

gRPC / GraphQL

AWS / Cloud-native

Financial services experience

Job description

We're looking for a talented Senior Golang Developer to join an exciting project building a modern, globally scalable Loyalty & Benefits platform.

You’ll work within an Agile engineering team, developing high-performance microservices and APIs using modern cloud-native technologies.

What we’re looking for:

• Strong commercial Golang experience - essential
• Microservices architecture and RESTful APIs
• Event-driven systems - Kafka, RabbitMQ or similar
• Docker and containerised applications
• CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
• Agile/Scrum development experience
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Bonus points for: Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, gRPC or GraphQL AWS or cloud-native development Experience in financial services or high-volume transactional platforms Test-driven development (TDD)

Why this opportunity?

You’ll be working on a modern, high-profile platform, collaborating with experienced engineers and delivering scalable solutions used by customers globally. *Rates depend on experience and client requirements