At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build scalable backend services using Go and contribute to modern web applications.
- Company: Fast-growing UK tech company focused on innovative SaaS solutions.
- Benefits: Hybrid work model, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment that values innovation and continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Join an engineering-led team and influence the future of a globally used software platform.
- Qualifications: Strong experience with Go, AWS, and modern software architecture.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Location
Manchester (Hybrid – up to 2 days onsite)
I'm supporting a fast-growing UK technology company that's continuing to invest heavily in the evolution of its core Saa S platform.
This is an opportunity to join a highly capable engineering team building a complex, cloud-native product used by enterprise organisations around the world.
You'll work on software that processes large volumes of data, solve challenging engineering problems, and help shape the technical direction of a platform that's continually evolving.
This is a business that values curiosity, ownership and engineering excellence, giving developers the autonomy to influence architecture, improve tooling, working with AI in their workflows and contribute well beyond feature delivery.
- What you’ll be doing
- Designing, building and maintaining scalable backend services using Go
- Working across the full stack, contributing to modern web applications built with React where required.
- Advocate of AI-assisted software engineering, leveraging tools such as Cursor, Git Hub Copilot and Claude Code to accelerate development, improve code quality and enable engineers to focus on solving higher-value technical challenges.
- Building cloud-native solutions using AWS, with a focus on scalability, resilience and performance.
- Designing and consuming RESTful APIs and distributed services.
- Contributing to architectural discussions and helping shape long-term technical direction.
- Improving CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation and developer tooling.
- Working closely with Product, Design and Engineering teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Investigating new technologies and contributing to engineering R&D initiatives.
- Championing software quality through testing, code reviews and engineering best practices.
- What we’re looking for
- Strong commercial experience developing backend systems with Go (Golang)
- Experience building cloud-native applications within AWS.
- Solid understanding of modern software architecture, distributed systems and scalable backend design.
- Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes is beneficial.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI or similar.
- Experience working within a product-led engineering environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills with an ownership mentality and passion for building high-quality software.
- Someone who enjoys collaborating, challenging ideas and continually improving engineering practices.
Why apply?
This is an opportunity to join an engineering-led business where you’ll have genuine influence over technical decisions, architecture and the future direction of a globally used software platform.
You’ll be surrounded by experienced engineers, working on complex technical challenges in an environment that encourages innovation, learning and continuous improvement.
If you’d like to hear more, apply today or get in touch for a confidential conversation. Full company details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.
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