Golang Engineer

Golang Engineer (Contract) – Financial Services

Location: London (Hybrid)

Contract Length: 6 Months

We are seeking an experienced Golang Engineer to join a leading financial services organisation on an initial 6-month contract. This is a hybrid role based in London, offering the opportunity to work on high-impact systems within a fast-paced fintech environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services using Golang
• Contribute to the development of robust microservices architectures in a production environment
• Develop high-performance systems capable of handling large-scale transaction processing
• Implement and maintain event-driven systems using modern messaging technologies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable and secure financial platforms
• Support deployment and operation of services in containerised environments

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience building backend services with Golang (PHP experience is a plus)
• Proven track record designing and operating microservices architectures, ideally within fintech or payments
• Solid understanding of concurrent and distributed systems
• Experience with event-driven architecture and messaging systems (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Strong knowledge of both relational and NoSQL databases (e.g. PostgreSQL, MongoDB, BigQuery)
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Desirable

• Experience working in financial services or regulated environments
• Familiarity with high-throughput, low-latency systems

What’s on Offer

• Competitive day rate
• Hybrid working model (London-based)
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge financial systems