Technical Lead (Golang)| 1 year | London, UK (Hybrid - 3 days/week in office)
Technical Lead (Golang)| 1 year | London, UK (Hybrid - 3 days/week in office)
We're recruiting for an experienced Technical Lead to lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-scale cloud-native applications using Golang, Microservices Architecture, and Azure Cloud technologies for a leading organisation. The role requires hands-on technical leadership, architecture governance, and mentoring capabilities to drive high-quality software delivery while ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and operational excellence across multiple Agile teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise-scale applications across Agile teams
- Provide technical leadership, architectural direction, and engineering best practices to development teams
- Design and develop high-performance applications using Golang and cloud-native technologies
- Build scalable, secure, and resilient microservices-based solutions
- Conduct architecture reviews, design assessments, and code quality reviews
- Define solution designs, technical standards, and implementation approaches
- Implement distributed system patterns and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles
- Design and optimise data solutions leveraging Document Databases and NoSQL technologies
- Collaborate with architects, product teams, and stakeholders to deliver business-aligned solutions
- Mentor engineers and drive continuous improvement, innovation, and technical excellence
What You Will Ideally Bring
- Strong hands-on experience in Golang application development
- Extensive experience designing and implementing Microservices Architecture
- Strong understanding of Distributed Systems and Cloud-Native Development principles
- Experience designing scalable, highly available, and resilient applications
- Expertise in REST API design and enterprise integration patterns
- Knowledge of Azure cloud services and container-based deployment platforms
- Experience with Document Databases, NoSQL technologies, and data modelling
- Proven experience leading Agile engineering teams and technical delivery initiatives
- Strong solution design, architecture governance, and technical decision-making capabilities
- Excellent stakeholder management, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Kubernetes (AKS) and container orchestration experience (desirable)
- Event-Driven Architecture and messaging platforms experience (desirable)
Contract Details
- Duration: Initial 12 months
- Location: 3 days onsite in London
- Rate: £550/day (inside)