Software Engineer (Golang/iOS)

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 92,000 - 148,000; Part time

Job summary

Advanced Resource Managers Ltd is seeking a Software Engineer (Golang / iOS) on a 12 month contract in Bristol with hybrid work (2-3 days on site). The role focuses on building backend services in Go, iOS SDKs in Swift, and cloud-native platforms on Kubernetes.

You will design REST/gRPC APIs, develop microservices, and automate CI/CD pipelines. Applicants should have strong experience with Go, Swift, Kubernetes, and modern API design, plus familiarity with cloud tooling and observability.

Qualifications

• Experience with Go backend and iOS framework development.
• Strong REST and gRPC API design experience.
• Experience designing and deploying microservices on Kubernetes.
• Strong collaboration with architects and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing REST and gRPC APIs used by digital products.
• Building scalable microservices using Golang.
• Creating and maintaining reusable iOS frameworks and SDKs using Swift.
• Deploying and supporting applications on Kubernetes.
• Automating build, deployment and infrastructure processes through CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
• Improving platform reliability, observability and security.
• Collaborating with architects, product teams and engineers across the wider business.
• Supporting engineering best practice, code quality and technical standards.

Skills

Golang (Go)

Backend Development

iOS Development

REST APIs

gRPC

Microservices

API Design

Swift

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Kafka

PostgreSQL

NoSQL

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Software Engineer (Golang / iOS)
12 Month contract
Bristol (Hybrid) 2-3 days per week on site
£500-800 per day - Depending on level of experience

We're looking for engineers who enjoy building the platforms, APIs and framework components that power mobile applications at scale.

This role combines backend engineering, cloud-native development and iOS framework development, giving engineers the opportunity to work across Go microservices, Kubernetes infrastructure, API platforms and reusable iOS SDKs.

On the job responsibilities

• Designing and developing REST and gRPC APIs used by digital products.
• Building scalable microservices using Golang.
• Creating and maintaining reusable iOS frameworks and SDKs using Swift.
• Deploying and supporting applications on Kubernetes.
• Automating build, deployment and infrastructure processes through CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
• Improving platform reliability, observability and security.
• Collaborating with architects, product teams and engineers across the wider business.
• Supporting engineering best practice, code quality and technical standards.

Key Skills

• Backend Development
• Golang (Go)
• REST APIs
• gRPC
• Microservices architecture
• API design and versioning
• iOS Development
• Swift

iOS Frameworks

• SDK Development
• Swift Package Manager
• Mobile security and accessibility

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Helm
• Terraform
• Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD & DevOps

• GitHub Actions
• Jenkins
• GitLab CI
• Cloud automation

Data & Messaging

• PostgreSQL
• NoSQL Databases
• Kafka
• Event-driven architectures

Observability & Reliability

• Prometheus
• Grafana
• OpenTelemetry
• Monitoring and Performance Optimisation

Desirable experience

• Banking or Financial Services experience.
• Open Banking exposure.
• Experience building shared frameworks or engineering platforms.
• AWS, Azure or GCP experience.
• Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD).