Software Engineer (Go)

Megaport; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

About Megaport

Megaport has transformed the way IT gets connected. We're global leaders in Network as a Service (NaaS), changing the way businesses reach the cloud. We're also a leading partner to Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Oracle, NYSE, and many other leading technology companies. Megaport is a publicly traded company on the Australian Stock Exchange. We’re a lean, high-achieving team made up of over 300 members globally. While the company is headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, employees are spread out across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Staff enjoy an environment that is collaborative, supportive, and fun.

Our Team Culture

Join a team of globally-positioned industry experts that lead by example. We do not compromise our values for commercial gain; we are all custodians of our culture, and the customer is at the centre of everything we do. Our employees are motivated, adaptable, persistent, hard-working, and dynamic. Our culture permeates everything we do and this, in turn with a global vision, forms a commitment to each other, our customers, and shareholders alike.

The Role

Come join us as a key contributor in the development of our network edge compute platform for hosting services, pushing the boundaries of network services with a bespoke, cutting-edge solution that hasn’t been done before.

Sitting within the Edge Services Development team, as a Go developer, you will design, develop, and maintain our high-performance network edge services platform. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams to build scalable and reliable systems that meet the demanding requirements of the Megaport network.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Help build our next-generation edge platform to deliver improved virtualised and containerized products for our customers.
• Design and develop the next generation of services that host our Megaport Virtual Edge and Megaport Cloud Router services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain high performance and highly available backend systems in Go.
• Create systems and processes that manage the lifecycle of our Kubernetes clusters that ensure the reliability that our customers expect.
• Take ownership of performance monitoring, profiling, and tuning to enhance the responsiveness and reliability of our services.
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks, ensuring the application meets stringent performance and security standards.

What We Are Looking For

• Proven professional experience as a Backend Engineer using Go.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience with building services on top of Kubernetes.
• Solid knowledge of scalable web service development, including RESTful APIs, microservices architecture, and distributed systems.
• Proficiency in database management, with hands-on experience in optimizing database performance, designing schemas, and query optimization.
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as KVM, and experience with Kubevirt specifically would be a plus.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to deliver high-quality code in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with performance profiling and debugging tools to optimize system performance.
• Familiarity with managing infrastructure on AWS.
• Solid understanding of version control systems (Git) and continuous integration/delivery.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

What We Offer

• Flexible working environments
• Birthday leave
• 4 weeks annual Leave & purchased annual leave program
• Generous study and training allowance + development opportunities + 5 days paid study leave
• Motivated team of industry experts & new talent
• Health & wellness program
• Opportunities for career growth and potential for global intra-company transfers