Backend Software Engineer Go - Tech for Good

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Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Go / Golang) London / WFH to £95k


Are you a backend focused technologist with experience of working on highly scalable, distributed systems?


You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on Backend Software Engineer role at a scaling technology company that specialises in renewable energy storage and trading.


As a Backend Software Engineer you will join a small, cross functional Agile team developing a software platform that is helping drive the transition to a more sustainable energy future. You'll build backend services that automate energy trading across UK and international markets, process high frequency telemetry data from battery sites, and power low-level control and dispatch systems for energy management. You'll also help expose platform capabilities through web applications and public APIs.


Working across a modern technology stack including Go, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, TimescaleDB, S3, Athena, Pulsar and AWS, you'll design, build and maintain scalable, reliable backend services, contributing to event driven architecture and CI/CD practices using GitLab.


Alongside hands-on development, you'll help shape technical direction, share best practices and mentor other engineers. It's an opportunity to work in a fast-moving industry where you'll need to balance longer term technical strategy with pragmatic solutions to immediate challenges.


Location / WFH:

You can work from home in a hybrid model, joining the team in London twice a week.


About you:

  • You have experience with Go or other OO languages, keen to work with Go
  • You have cloud native development experience on AWS
  • You have experience with microservices and CI/CD
  • You have strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
  • You have a good knowledge of database technologies and event driven architectures
  • You have excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • You have a flexible mindset, comfortable navigating uncertainty and evolving priorities


What's in it for you:

  • Salary to £95k
  • 25 days holidays in addition to public holidays, carry over flex and festive office closure
  • Enhanced parental leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • A range of social and team events


Apply now to find out more about this Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Go / Golang) opportunity.