Overview
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will design and maintain scalable, high-performance backend systems that power InfoSum’s data collaboration platform. You’ll collaborate with frontend, product, and DevOps teams to deliver robust solutions with a strong focus on security and reliability. Your work will address performance, scalability, and data integrity in a privacy-first environment. This role offers impact at scale, shaping how trusted data collaboration drives better customer experiences.
Pay / Benefits
- hybrid work model
- career scale and impact
- challenging and stimulating work
- collaborative culture
- inclusive and respectful environment
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable backend services and APIs
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks under high load
- Design, optimize, and maintain relational databases
- Implement security best practices for compliance
- Develop automated testing strategies to ensure quality
- Collaborate with product, frontend and DevOps teams for deployment
- Provide mentorship to junior engineers and share knowledge
- Implement monitoring and logging to address production issues
- Stay updated on emerging technologies to improve efficiency
Key requirements
- 5+ years in backend development with expertise in Go
- Experience with Python and/or Java advantageous
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, gRPC, microservices, and REST APIs
- Cloud platforms experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Relational database design and PostgreSQL experience
- Knowledge of scalability strategies, load balancing, caching, and Kafka
- CI/CD pipelines and automated testing experience
- Excellent problem-solving and collaboration skills
- Strong communication skills for cross-functional work
- collaboration
- problem-solving
- effective communication
- Go
- Python
- Java
Senior Golang Software Engineer in London employer: InfoSum
As a leading data technology company based in London, we pride ourselves on fostering a dynamic work culture that encourages innovation and collaboration. Our employees benefit from competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and ample opportunities for professional growth, making us an excellent employer for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the tech industry.
