Golang Engineer

Job Title: Golang Engineer, Golang Developer

Location: Burgess Hill, West Sussex, UKJob Type: ContractLength: 12 months + extensions (long term, multi-year project)Day rate: £300 - £320 per day (inside IR35)Working setup: 3 days per week onsite / 2 day RemoteTalent-Relay have partnered with a global client to onboard an experienced Golang Engineer / Go Developer into a project team on a long-term / multi-year contract.The successful Golang Engineer / Go Developer will help develop innovative solutions for the client’s customer platform and will be involved in design system solutions, building modern microservices-based applications while collaborating closely with development teams and SREs.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and modify custom applications.Create and test resilient software, focusing on high-volume REST APIs.Drive migration from legacy systems to microservices architecture.Partner with teams across development, QA, and production support.

Required Skills

Demonstrable experience as a Backend Golang Engineer / Golang Developer.Solid experience with Golang, Git, REST Web Services, Jenkins, NoSQL, PostgreSQL.Experience in application design, Agile development, and CI/CD tools.Experience of messaging service (ideally Kafka)Understanding of BDD / TDDStrong problem-solving, analytical skills, and a desire to learn new technologies.Preferred:Experience with Docker, Kubernetes.Experience with open-source contributions.