Technical Lead – Backend (Golang/Java) | Cloud‑Native, Hybrid

Ocho; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 122,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Private healthcare

Flexible / hybrid working

Job summary

Ocho is partnering with a high-growth cloud security startup in Belfast to hire Backend Software Engineers. This hybrid role expects 2-3 days in the Belfast office and focuses on building scalable, data-intensive backend services using Golang and Java.

You will own services end to end, contribute to architecture, and work with Product, Frontend, and DevOps to deliver robust, production-ready features across AWS, GCP and Azure.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar.
• Strong experience with Golang and/or Java (other languages welcome).
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience building data-intensive or distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with microservices architectures.
• Strong analytical thinking and ownership mindset.

Responsibilities

• Own services end to end: design, build, deploy, monitor, and iterate.
• Contribute to technical and architectural decisions.
• Perform reliability and performance analysis on Golang / Java-based systems.
• Conduct high-quality design and code reviews.
• Work closely with Product, Frontend, and DevOps teams to deliver best-in-class features.
• Contribute to capacity planning and SLO definition.
• Continuously improve scalability, performance, and reliability.

Skills

Golang

Java

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Microservices

Docker

Education

BSc Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Job description

Ocho is partnering with a high-growth cloud security startup in Belfast to hire Backend Software Engineers. This hybrid role expects 2-3 days in the Belfast office and focuses on building scalable, data-intensive backend services using Golang and Java.

You will own services end to end, contribute to architecture, and work with Product, Frontend, and DevOps to deliver robust, production-ready features across AWS, GCP and Azure.