Go (Golang) Developer / Backend Engineer

Location: Manchester / hybrid (UK remote considered)

Salary: £70,000 - £100,000 + bonus and benefits

Type: Permanent, full time

Our client, a fast-growing UK technology business, is expanding its backend team and needs a Go developer to help build the services behind its core product. Engineers here own their work from design through to production.

What you'll do:

• Design, build and maintain backend services and APIs in Go
• Work within a microservices architecture running on Kubernetes in the cloud
• Write clean, well-tested code and take an active part in code reviews
• Improve the performance, reliability and security of live services
• Support live services using modern monitoring and observability tools
• Work closely with product and platform colleagues to ship features

What you'll bring:

• Commercial experience writing Go in production (mid to senior level)
• A good grasp of REST APIs and microservices
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Cloud experience on AWS or GCP (Azure also welcome)
• CI/CD pipelines; Terraform a plus
• SQL databases such as PostgreSQL; Kafka a bonus
• Clear communication and a team-first approach

Benefits: Pension, private healthcare, bonus and, with some clients, share options.

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