Software Engineer Golang

Uniting Ambition; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Golang Software Engineer (Junior / Senior / Lead Opportunities)

Are you a Software Developer looking to make that move forward in your career and work in a large-scale environment with a team of go-getters?

This team is passionate about technology and is currently working in a highly collaborative way. The bar is set very high for good quality code and you will work with the business across the entire lifecycle of the project.

You will get to work on many exciting projects, both existing and greenfield. This is a highly challenging role that will get your brain buzzing in a good way daily.

Go was developed by Google and is currently one of the fastest growing programming languages in the world, used by companies such as Uber, Netflix, Dropbox, and Google.

Go is:

1. Simple to learn.
2. Easier to maintain due to its simplicity.
3. Reduced infrastructure costs via Linux servers.
4. Vast standard library, therefore less dependency on third parties.
5. Great in-built tooling for formatting, linting, testing, and benchmarking.
6. First-class error handling.
7. High performance concurrency.

Skills:

1. Server side development.
2. Exposure to functional programming.
3. Experience with distributed systems.
4. Complex event processing/continuous query languages.
5. Client/server development experience.
6. Ability to problem solve.
7. Excellent communication and team working skills.
8. Strong academic background, ideally with a BSc/MSc IT related degree or relevant industry experience.