Senior Platform Engineer - Go, Kubernetes, Scale Millions

Prism Digital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

Pension up to 8%

Annual learning budget

WellHub Gym access

Cycle to work scheme

Breakfast in the office

Haircuts every two weeks

Regular socials

Job summary

Prism Digital is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own Go-based production services behind a consumer mobile platform. The role focuses on building and maintaining scalable Go microservices in production, shaping APIs for Android and backend teams, and mentoring junior engineers.

Based in East London, the position is hybrid with two days per week in the central office. You will work with AWS, gRPC, and modern DevOps tools to deliver reliable systems at scale.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and maintaining Go production systems.
• Strong experience with relational and NoSQL databases.
• Excellent collaboration with non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own Go services in production and ensure reliability.
• Shape APIs for Android and backend teams.
• Mentor less experienced engineers.
• Collaborate across cross-functional teams in a hybrid environment.

Skills

Go (Golang)

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Production ownership

Design & architecture

Code reviews

Mentoring

gRPC

Microservices

AWS

Git

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Observability tools

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

Job description

Prism Digital is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own Go-based production services behind a consumer mobile platform. The role focuses on building and maintaining scalable Go microservices in production, shaping APIs for Android and backend teams, and mentoring junior engineers.

Based in East London, the position is hybrid with two days per week in the central office. You will work with AWS, gRPC, and modern DevOps tools to deliver reliable systems at scale.