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Golang Software Engineer

  • Location:

    Manchester

  • Sector:

    Software Engineering

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £40k - 65k per year

  • Contact:

    Katie Burke

  • Contact email:

    katieburke@uniting.cloud

  • Contact phone:

    01782 557306

  • Job ref:

    KB1310G

  • Published:

    about 1 year ago

  • Duration:

    Permanent

  • Expiry date:

    2023-12-12

  • Startdate:

    ASAP

Golang Software Engineer (Junior / Senior / Lead)  
Based in the midlands (Hybrid – 2 days on site)
£40,000 - £65,000

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 are 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.

Who I am looking for:
I am searching for a Software Developer who’s passionate about technology and innovation.

Technology:
The current tech stack features Microsoft technologies including .NET, they are in the process of transitioning to Golang, Kafka, and Linux to elevate the platform.

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

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

Preferred Skills:

  • Commercial experience in at least one of the following technologies:
    C#, .Net, MVC, Java, Python, Typescript, Golang.
  • Exposure to Golang, Kafka & Distributed Systems is a plus.
  • Server-side development
  • Exposure to functional programming.
  • Experience of distributed systems.
  • Complex event process/continuous query languages.
  • Client/server development experience.
  • Ability to problem solve.
  • Excellent communication and team working skills.
  • Strong academic background, ideally with a BSc/MSc IT related degree or relevant industry experience.

*Currently interviewing for this position so if you are interested, please contact me katieburke@uniting.cloud*