Senior Product Engineer (Golang)

Oliver Bernard; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech recruiting firm is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to lead backend services from design to production. This role involves collaborating with product and design teams to create scalable solutions and improve core system performance. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of strong backend experience in Golang, solid skills in system design, API and data modeling, and familiarity with modern cloud architectures. If you're passionate about ownership and clean design, this job could be for you.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in backend development with Golang.
• Solid understanding of system design, API, and data modeling.
• Proven ability to manage complex product work from concept to rollout.
• Experience with modern cloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead backend services from design to production.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to implement scalable solutions.
• Define API contracts, data models, and service boundaries.
• Enhance the reliability and performance of core features.

Skills

Backend Golang experience

System design skills

API design skills

Data modeling skills

Complex product ownership

Modern cloud architectures

Job description

Oliver Bernard are partnering with a fast-evolving B2B SaaS engineering team building intelligent, user-centric backend systems powering product innovation at scale. They’re on the lookout for a seasoned Senior Backend Engineer who thrives on ownership, clean design, and solving real product problems.

The Role

• Lead backend services end-to-end, from design to production
• Collaborate with product and design to turn ideas into scalable solutions
• Shape API contracts, data models, and service boundaries
• Improve reliability, performance and observability of core features

Requirements

• Strong backend Golang experience (7+ years+)
• Solid system design, API and data modelling skills
• Comfortable owning complex product work from idea to rollout
• Experience working on modern cloud architectures

📩 Interested? Drop me a message for the full details.