Software Engineer Golang

Uniting Ambition; Willenhall; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Golang Software Engineer for exciting projects in a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates will have strong skills in server-side development and functional programming, alongside a relevant academic background. You'll have the chance to work on both existing and new projects, contributing to high-quality software development.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality software in a collaborative team environment.
• Participate in the complete software development lifecycle.
• Work on exciting projects including both existing and greenfield.

Skills

Server side development

Exposure to functional programming

Experience of distributed systems

Complex event process/continuous query languages

Client/server development experience

Ability to problem solve

Excellent communication and team working skills

Strong academic background

Education

BSc/MSc IT related degree

Job description

Golang Software Engineer (Junior / Senior /Lead Opportunities)

Are you a Software Developer looking to make that move forward in your career and work in a large-scale environment with a team of go-getters? This team is passionate about technology and are currently working in a highly collaborative way. The bar is set very high for good quality code and you will work with the business across the entire lifecycle of the project. You will get to work on many exciting projects both existing and greenfield. Highly challenging role that will get your brain buzzing in a good way daily. Go was developed by Google and is currently one of the fastest growing programming languages in the world, used by companies such as Uber, Netflix, Dropbox and Google.

Go is

• Simple to learn
• Easier to maintain due to its simplicity
• Reduced infrastructure costs via Linux servers
• Vast standard library, therefore less dependency on third parties
• Great in-built tooling for formatting, linting, testing and benchmarking
• First-class error handling
• High performance concurrency

Skills

• Server side development
• Exposure to functional programming
• Experience of distributed systems
• Complex event process/continuous query languages
• Client/server development experience
• Ability to problem solve
• Excellent communication and team working skills
• Strong academic background, ideally with a BSc/MSc IT related degree or relevant industry experience