Senior Software Engineer (SC Cleared)

SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™

Greater London

On-site

GBP 101,475 - 110,700

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

A leading technology recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Software Developer with Golang expertise for a contract position in London. The successful candidate will work in a fast-paced environment on UK government projects. Key responsibilities include building user-centred digital services, collaborating in Agile teams, and participating in continuous improvement. Active SC clearance is mandatory. The role offers a daily rate of £550-£600 and a six-month contract.

Qualifications

Active SC clearance is required.
Experience delivering digital services in Agile environments.
Strong experience with Golang and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

Build high-quality digital services aligned with UK government standards.
Collaborate within Agile teams across multiple disciplines.
Develop reliable, maintainable code and contribute to architecture.

Skills

Agile digital service delivery

User research collaboration

High-paced delivery

DevOps collaboration

Tools

Golang

Spring Boot

HTML

CSS

Bootstrap

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Cucumber

JUnit

Mockito

Cypress

Maven

Gradle

Ant

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Senior Software Developer (Golang) | £550-600/day | Inside IR35 | SC Cleared | 6 month-contract

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer to join a highly skilled digital delivery team working on large-scale government transformation projects. You’ll be joining a multi-disciplinary environment where experimentation, collaboration, and continuous improvement are core to how the team operates. This role suits someone who is confident in their technical delivery, enjoys solving complex problems, and is passionate about improving user outcomes. You’ll work closely with designers, researchers, engineers, and product specialists to deliver high-quality, secure, user-centred digital services.

Active SC clearance is required. Applicants without current SC cannot be considered.

Key Responsibilities

Build high-quality digital services aligned with UK government service standards.
Collaborate within Agile, multi-disciplinary teams (engineering, UX, research, product).
Contribute to product discovery through observation, experimentation, and rapid feedback loops.
Support continuous improvement with frequent releases and iterative delivery.
Develop reliable, maintainable code and contribute to architecture discussions.
Participate in code reviews, debugging, testing, and DevOps practices.

Essential Skills

Experience delivering digital services in Agile environments.
Strong background working in product-led, user-research-driven teams.
Comfortable operating in high-paced delivery environments with frequent releases.
Experience working within DevOps-driven, collaborative teams.

Technical Skills

Strong experience building and debugging systems in Golang.
Knowledge of Spring Boot.
Front‑end experience with HTML, CSS, Bootstrap.
Containerisation: Docker, Kubernetes.
Build tools: Maven, Gradle, Ant.
Version control: Git (branching, merging, release flows).
Testing: TDD, JUnit, Mockito, Cypress.
Good understanding of relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL), SQL scripting, stored procedures.
Experience with functional test automation (API/UI test tools such as Cucumber, Nightwatch).