Senior Software Engineer

Leo Technology Limited; Greater London; Remote; GBP 72,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its team. The role involves designing and scaling backend systems in Golang, utilizing cloud technologies like Kubernetes and GCP. With a remote-first approach, candidates must be UK-based and will collaborate with a multinational client to drive the evolution towards a cloud-native architecture. This position offers competitive salary and benefits, including a discretionary bonus.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and scaling backend systems in Golang.
• Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and GCP.
• Experience with distributed services and mentoring other engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design and scale backend systems in Golang.
• Leverage Kubernetes, Cloud Run, and SpannerDB effectively.
• Contribute to company's architectural evolution and mentoring teams.

Skills

Golang

Kubernetes

Cloud Run

Pub / Sub

SpannerDB

GCP

Backend systems design

Job description

The Job

• Job Title : Senior Software Engineer
• Industry : Enterprise SaaS (Retail)
• Tech Stack : Golang, Kubernetes, Cloud Run, Pub / Sub, SpannerDB, GCP
• Working Set-Up : Remote first with occasional visits to London or Manchester offices ( Please note - candidates for this role must be UK based)
• Salary - £85,000 p / a + discretionary 10% bonus
• Interview process : 3 stages (virtual)

The Role

Leo Technology have partnered with a long standing client to help them make a critical hire for their development team!

This multinational company are the market leaders in retail loyalty solutions. With an enterprise client base including Sainsburys, Tesco, Walmart, Woolworths, and Asda, they're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their team and help them through their journey of evolving from a traditional PHP / MySQL monolith to a cloud-native architecture on GCP.

We're looking for talented engineers who've led journeys like this before.

In this role, you'll be responsible for designing and scaling backend systems in Golang, whilst leveraging tools and technologies such as Kubernetes, Cloud Run, Pub / Sub, and SpannerDB. You'll be instrumental in building high-performance, distributed services and will play a key role in shaping the companies architecture, mentoring others, and driving ...