Golang engineer

Senior Golang Engineer (Contract) – Liverpool (Hybrid)

Location: Liverpool, UK

Working Pattern: Hybrid – 2–3 days per week onsite

Contract: Long-Term Contract

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Start Date: ASAP

Overview

We are looking for experienced Senior Golang Engineers to join a high-performing engineering team delivering scalable, resilient backend systems within a fast-paced and transaction-heavy environment.

This role offers the opportunity to work on large-scale distributed platforms, building cloud-native microservices and event-driven solutions that support critical business operations. You will collaborate with engineering, architecture, and platform teams to deliver robust, high-performance services at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Golang.
• Build and enhance scalable microservices architectures in production environments.
• Develop highly available and resilient systems capable of processing high transaction volumes.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of event-driven architectures.
• Integrate and support messaging platforms such as Kafka and RabbitMQ.
• Drive performance, scalability, reliability, and security improvements across services.
• Work closely with DevOps and Platform teams to deploy and manage applications within Kubernetes environments.
• Participate in technical design discussions, code reviews, and best practice initiatives.
• Support continuous improvement across engineering processes and system architecture.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience developing backend applications using Golang.
• Proven experience designing, building, and supporting microservices architectures.
• Experience working in fintech, payments, banking, e-commerce, or other high-throughput transactional environments.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and scalable application design.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures and messaging technologies, including Kafka and/or RabbitMQ.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and BigQuery.
• Strong experience with containerisation technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively within agile teams.

Desirable Skills

• Previous experience working with PHP-based applications or migration programmes.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience within regulated financial services or payments environments.
• Knowledge of observability, monitoring, and logging solutions.

Contract Details

• Long-term contract engagement.
• Inside IR35.
• Hybrid working model with 2–3 days per week onsite in Liverpool.
• Opportunity to contribute to large-scale platform development and modernisation initiatives.
• Collaborative engineering environment with a strong focus on technical excellence and innovation.