Lead GO Developer

Lead GO Engineer

Our client, a digital SaaS provider backed by the government is hiring a Lead GO Engineer to join a fast‑scaling, purpose‑driven SaaS organisation delivering impactful digital services. You will lead on several greenfield projects as the client continues to scale & transform. Our client has a fantastic ethos, focussed on aiding & helping people improve their lives. The client is offering a fully remote contract & benefits (30 days holiday, 6% pension & health care) paying up to 75,000 to start ASAP.

In this role, you will design, develop, and optimise scalable, secure, cloud‑based systems using Go (Golang), PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, and Docker. You will contribute to architecture discussions, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and help ensure the delivery of reliable, high‑quality features.

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who has proven experience in a previous Lead or Management position as you must be able to demonstrate the capabilities to steer projects & provide coaching.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Go (Golang)
• Build and manage messaging patterns and asynchronous workflows with Redis and RabbitMQ
• Develop efficient, scalable database schemas and queries in PostgreSQL
• Build clean, well‑documented RESTful APIs and service integrations
• Contribute to containerised environments using Docker and maintain cloud‑native services on AWS
• Participate in architecture discussions, CI/CD pipelines, and quality assurance processes
• Mentor peers, share knowledge, and promote best practices in backend development

Skills and Experience:

• Solid experience in backend development roles
• Strong proficiency in Go (Golang), including concurrency models and thread‑safe coding
• Proven experience with Redis (caching & Pub/Sub) and RabbitMQ (messaging)
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL and libraries such as sqlx and gorm
• Solid understanding of Docker and containerised development
• Experience building RESTful APIs and integrating services
• Desirable: AWS services (Lambda, EventBridge, SQS), microservices architecture, CI/CD tooling, event‑driven systems

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