Location: London / hybrid or UK remote
Salary: Permanent: £90,000 – £130,000 + equity and benefits. Contract: competitive day rate
Type: Permanent or contract
Our client, a scaling technology business running high-volume systems across the UK and Europe, needs a senior Go engineer to help shape its platform. A hands-on role with real influence over architecture and standards.
What you'll do:
- Lead the design and build of distributed backend systems in Go
- Evolve the cloud platform: Kubernetes, infrastructure as code and CI/CD
- Own reliability through strong observability, metrics, alerting and incident follow-up
- Make services fast, scalable and secure under real production load
- Mentor engineers, lead code reviews and raise the technical bar
- Shape architecture decisions alongside product and engineering leadership
What you'll bring:
- Several years of backend engineering, with strong production Go
- Deep experience of distributed systems and concurrency
- Kubernetes and containers in production
- AWS or GCP, plus Terraform or similar
- Messaging such as Kafka; databases such as PostgreSQL
- gRPC, Prometheus/Grafana or a fintech/payments background a plus
- Experience mentoring or leading other engineers
Benefits: Equity, bonus, pension and private healthcare (permanent roles).
Senior Go Engineer – Cloud Platform / Distributed Systems in City of London employer: Eclipse IT Recruitment
Join a forward-thinking recruitment consultancy that leverages AI to streamline processes, allowing you to focus on building meaningful relationships with clients and candidates. With a culture that promotes autonomy and rapid career advancement, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of the business while enjoying modern tools, transparent commission structures, and a supportive environment for personal growth. Located in a dynamic setting, this role offers a unique chance to be part of an innovative team that values your insights and contributions.
