Senior Software Engineer (GO/PHP)

TN United Kingdom; Fleet; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in Go to join their dynamic team in Fleet. This role involves leading software development projects, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software solutions. You'll be instrumental in enhancing existing systems and implementing new features while staying updated on industry trends and best practices. If you're passionate about software engineering and eager to make a significant impact in a growing company, this is the opportunity for you!

Qualifications

• 4+ years programming experience, especially with Go and micro-services.
• Strong knowledge of search theory and machine learning techniques.

Responsibilities

• Direct software development projects and produce clean code.
• Provide technical guidance and improve existing software systems.

Skills

Go

Go HTTP frameworks (Echo, Gin, Gorilla Mux)

Testing Frameworks

CI/CD tools

Micro-services development

Machine learning techniques

Agile methodologies

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Tools

Cloud solutions

Job description

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Senior Software Engineer (GO/PHP), Fleet

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Client:

CV Library

Location:

Fleet, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

05.05.2025

Expiry Date:

19.06.2025

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Job Description:

At CV-Library, we have a simple vision: to help the world to work and we are looking for exceptional and talented people to help us realise this vision in both UK and overseas markets.

We are in a period of accelerated growth, following a year of key strategic acquisitions and significant investment across all parts of the business from Tech and Data to People and HR, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us or a better place to grow your career!

The Role

We are looking for a Senior Go Engineer to join our team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for directing software development projects, producing clean code and coaching junior members of the team. You will possess extensive experience in software development, project management and have in-depth knowledge of programming languages and databases. If you are passionate and experienced software engineer, we want to hear from you!

What your day will look like:

• Working with Product, Architecture and the Principal Software Engineers to explore and suggest appropriate technical solutions to achieve the required product features
• Stay informed of new features and technologies as they relate to software operations
• Provide technical and procedural guidance to others on new software features and systems
• Improve upon existing software and systems
• Work on all stages of a software system’s lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, delivery and eventual maintenance
• Implement software features, fix bugs and optimise performance
• Produce reports describing usage, capabilities and defects of software systems
• Serve as an engineering leader and coach to other software engineers
• Create, update and maintain technical documentation
• Remain up-to-date on industry standards, emerging technologies and best practice methodologies
• Work with the engineering and operations teams to ensure projects are delivered on time and adhering to our standards

Requirements

• Exceptional experience with Go
• Experience with Go HTTP frameworks such as Echo, Gin or Gorilla Mux
• Excellent knowledge of Testing Frameworks
• Excellent communication and coaching/mentoring skills
• Strong problem-solving and organisational skill set
• Experience delivering applications using CI/CD tools following best practices
• Technology agnostic with an open mind
• Self-motivated and a willingness to get stuck in
• Understands the importance, the purpose and the implementation of testing (using TDD etc.)
• Experience of supporting, modifying and maintaining systems and code developed by teams other than your own
• Demonstrable experience developing software in micro-services paradigm
• An ability to effectively understand and translate product and business requirements into technical solutions
• Strong knowledge of search theory, search methods, query understanding, named entity recognition, word-sense disambiguation, language modelling, parsing, syntax trees, dependency graphs
• Practical work experience using machine learning techniques to improve Search capabilities
• Ability to analyse large data sets and develop insights that will improve our software and the customer experience
• 4+ years programming experience
• Experience with working within an Agile environment
• Ethical professional who is aware of their work’s impact on society
• Experience with Cloud solutions

We are actively committed to promoting a fully diverse and inclusive workforce and we welcome applications for this role from all candidates who meet the key requirements. Please do not hesitate to get in touch should you require any reasonable adjustments to assist with your application.