Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) – DevOps & UX‑Driven

Company: zaizi
Apply for the Senior Backend Engineer (Golang) – DevOps & UX‑Driven
Location: London
Job Description:

Requirements

  • Developing digital solutions delivered to the GDS standard
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  • Demonstrable experience working on Agile environments
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  • Demonstrable experience working on product development environments based on observation, experimentation and user research
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  • Demonstrable experience working in multi-disciplinary/DevOps teams which include product owner/manager, UX designers, UX researchers, Developers, Platform engineers, etc
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  • Demonstrable experience working on continuous improvement environments doing multiple releases every week
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  • Demonstrable experience designing, coding and debugging Golang based systems
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  • Good skills in web front end technologies such as HTML, CSS, Bootstrap
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  • Golang
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  • Spring Boot
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  • Docker
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  • Kubernetes
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  • Atlassian
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  • Build tools: Maven, Gradle, Ant
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  • Familiar with source control systems, such as GIT, including branching, merging, etc
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  • Testing: TDD, unit testing, JUnit, Mockito, Cypress
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  • Good knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL including data modelling, SQL scripts, store procedures
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  • Shift to the left: Functional test automation (API testing, UI testing (cucumber, nightwatch))
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  • (Desirable) AWS
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  • (Desirable) Knowledge of Open Source BPMN workflow engines (Camunda, Activiti or Flowable)
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  • (Desirable) Experience on a front-end javascript framework such as react, angular or vue.js
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  • (Desirable) RedHat OpenShift for container orchestration
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  • (Desirable) Knowledge of NCSC’s 14 cloud security principles

What the job involves

  • Zaizi is looking for a Senior Software Developer with solid technology skills, but who is also passionate about improving outcomes and the user experience
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  • You’ll be reliable in your own deliverables but also curious about and offer innovative ideas to others in a mutli-disciplinary team

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Posted: May 28th, 2026