Senior Golang Engineer: Platform Architect & Mentor

Just Eat Takeaway.com; Brentwood; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Just Eat Takeaway.com is seeking a senior Golang engineer to join its Global tech team in a permanent role. You will work on an integration platform connecting Grocery Partners with the Just Eat Takeaway platform, building features in Golang and driving architectural decisions.

You will operate in a modern stack including Kafka, AWS (DynamoDB, S3), Datadog, Grafana, and Kubernetes, with a focus on reliability, observability and scalable design.

Qualifications

• Experience in Golang and building robust services in production.
• Proficient with event-driven distributed systems and messaging queues.
• Strong AWS production experience including on-call and observability.
• Familiarity with TDD and continuous delivery practices.
• Proven mentoring and ability to coach mid/senior engineers.
• Comfortable pair programming and collaborative design sessions.

Responsibilities

• Build features in Golang and own architectural decisions for the platform.
• Set technical direction and uphold coding standards across teams.
• Support product and delivery teams to ensure reliable releases.
• Mentor mid-level and junior engineers and share knowledge.

Skills

Golang

Event-driven systems

AWS

Test-Driven Development

Mentoring

Pair programming

Communication

AI-assisted development

Tools

Kafka

SQS/SNS

Kubernetes

DynamoDB

S3

Datadog

Grafana

Job description

Just Eat Takeaway.com is seeking a senior Golang engineer to join its Global tech team in a permanent role. You will work on an integration platform connecting Grocery Partners with the Just Eat Takeaway platform, building features in Golang and driving architectural decisions.

You will operate in a modern stack including Kafka, AWS (DynamoDB, S3), Datadog, Grafana, and Kubernetes, with a focus on reliability, observability and scalable design.