Senior Golang Developer | Defence-Tech Project

GT was founded in 2019 by a former Apple Nest and Google executive.GTs mission is to connect the worlds best talent with product careers offered by high-growth companies in the UK USA Canada Germany and the Netherlands.

On behalf of our partner in the defence-tech domain GT is looking for a Senior Golang Developer interested in AI ML and aerospace.

About the Client:

Our client is a cutting-edge Aerospace and Defense company committed to delivering innovative secure and compliant solutions for our customers. They specialize in mission-critical technology services for government and private sector customers ensuring excellence in aerospace systems design performance and compliance

About the Project & the Role:

This team is building secure cloud-native infrastructure that powers mission-critical aerospace and defense systems for government and private sector clients. The backend systems they develop must meet the highest standards of reliability performance and compliance supporting everything from real-time data processing to ML-integrated features used in the field.

They are now looking for a skilled and mission-driven Senior Golang Developer to join the product engineering team. In this role youll take ownership of designing building and scaling backend services that are both secure and high-performance. Youll work across cloud infrastructure data systems and ML integration to support modern defense and aerospace applications where resilience and precision are non-negotiable.

Responsibilities:

• Architect Secure Systems: Design build and maintain secure backend services and APIs using Go as a primary language.

• Design Scalable Infrastructure: Define system architecture with a focus on reliability fault tolerance and long-term scalability.

• Data Modeling: Create and manage performant auditable database schemas in Postgres.

• Support ML Integration: Collaborate with the AI Architect to support data pipelines and deploy ML-powered features; understand model serving and inference integration.

• Cloud & DevOps: Deploy cloud-native services using AWS Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.

• Event-Driven Workflows: Build reactive systems using Kafka Redis Pub/Sub or similar tools.

• Security-First Engineering: Adhere to security and compliance standards (DoD FedRAMP NIST); implement authentication encryption and audit controls.

• Cross-Functional Work: Partner with product managers QA and front-end teams to deliver end-to-end features.

• Code Quality: Lead and participate in peer reviews to uphold code reliability clarity and maintainability.

• Documentation: Produce high-quality documentation for APIs system architecture and backend workflows.

Essential knowledge skills & experience:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Mathematics or a related technical discipline.

• 5 years of backend engineering experience ideally in regulated or high-availability environments (e.g. defense aerospace finance or healthcare).

• Deep expertise in Go including experience building and scaling microservices-based systems.

• Familiarity with machine learning processes understands common model types inference workflows and how to interface with ML systems.

• Familiarity with Python for infrastructure scripting (CI/CD DevOps tasks only).

• Hands-on experience with Postgres/MongoDB and scalable data models.

• Proficiency in Kubernetes Docker and CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with cloud platforms ideally AWS (GCP or Azure also acceptable).

• Working knowledge of event-driven systems (Kafka Redis or equivalents).

• Solid understanding of secure software development encryption and authentication standards.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills comfortable working cross-functionally and mentoring junior engineers.

Interview Steps:

1. GT interview with Recruiter

2. Technical interview

3. Final interview

4. Security Check

We go beyond usual perks By working with us you will get:

• Health insurance.

• Psychotherapy coverage.

• Sport coverage.

• Learning budget.

• Paid vacations

• Paid sick leaves.

• All public holidays are paid days off.

Required Experience:

Senior IC