Senior Software Engineer - London

Job ID: 1414Location: LondonDiscipline: Senior Software EngineerSalary: 90,000 - 95,000 per yearContact: hello@revoco-talent.co.uk | 0117 440 7810Location: LondonSalary: Up to £95,000Working Pattern: 1 day onsite p/wIndustry: Renewable EnergyWe're looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong backend experience, ideally working with Go, to join a growing technology team building and evolving a highly scalable software platform.

You'll work on complex, technically challenging systems that sit at the intersection of software, energy, infrastructure and real-time data. The platform enables users to manage sophisticated assets, respond to changing market conditions and optimise performance through intelligent technology.

Working within an agile, cross-functional environment, you'll have a high degree of autonomy and the opportunity to make a genuine impact on the development of the platform and the wider business.

This is a hands-on engineering role, with opportunities to provide technical leadership, mentor other engineers and contribute to the longer-term technology strategy.

The core technology stack includes: Go / Golang for backend servicesAWS and cloud-native infrastructureMicroservices architectureCassandra and TimescaleDBS3 / Athena and data lake technologiesApache Pulsar for messagingRESTful and WebSocket APIsGitLab for source control and CI/CDContinuous integration and continuous delivery practicesKey ResponsibilitiesProvide technical leadership within the engineering team, helping to design, build, maintain and evolve critical platform components.

Develop high-quality, scalable backend services using Go and modern software engineering practices.

Work on complex technical challenges involving distributed systems, data and cloud infrastructure.

Contribute to the ongoing development and enhancement of a highly available, reliable software platform.

Help define and deliver the longer-term technology strategy and platform roadmap.

Work closely with Product, Engineering and other business stakeholders to understand requirements and identify effective technical solutions.

Take ownership of technical problems and drive solutions through to delivery.

Mentor and support other engineers, helping to develop a strong engineering culture.

Champion engineering best practices, continuous delivery and pragmatic technical decision-making.

Stay up to date with emerging technologies and identify opportunities to improve the platform.

Work collaboratively within an agile, cross-functional team.

We're looking for someone who combines strong technical ability with a pragmatic, collaborative approach to problem solving.

You'll ideally have: Strong commercial software engineering experience, particularly in backend development.

Professional experience with Go/Golang or another strongly typed language.

Experience working with AWS and cloud-native technologies. Experience with microservices and distributed systems. Experience working with a range of database technologies. Experience with CI/CD and modern software development practices. A track record of contributing to or helping shape technology strategy and technical roadmaps.

Experience taking ownership of complex technical problems and delivering pragmatic solutions.

Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Experience mentoring or providing technical guidance to other engineers.

An adaptable and organised approach, comfortable working in a fast-moving environment. A genuine interest in using technology to solve meaningful real-world problems.

DesirableExperience working with real-time systems or high-volume data.

Experience with event-driven or messaging architectures.

Experience with energy, utilities, trading, financial markets or other complex infrastructure environments.

Previous experience in a technical leadership capacity.

An interest in developing towards, or retaining, line management responsibilities.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to work on technically challenging problems where the software you build has a tangible real-world impact. You'll have the autonomy to influence technical decisions, contribute to the direction of the platform and work alongside a talented, multidisciplinary engineering team.