Senior Go Developer

• Location: London 1-2 days a week.
• Department: Engineering
• Employment Type: Contract
• Contract Length: 6 months (with potential for extension)

About YLD:

Our goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition and we know our success only happens when they succeed. Were a team of curious talented people and were committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work grow and stay.

Were a remote-first consultancy specialising in software engineering product design and data. Our teams are based across London Lisbon and Porto and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.

Tasks

About the role:

As a Senior Software Engineer at YLD youll be part of a client team building innovative products. Were looking for someone curious passionate driven and enthusiastic. You should be skilled in problem-solving and experienced in designing scalable resilient and fault-tolerant architectures. Youre also an effective communicator and a strong team player. Together with your team youll thrive in a fast-paced engineering environment delivering outstanding results and exciting projects.

Requirements

Preferred Skills:

• Strong backend engineering experience with Go as a primary or preferred language;
• Comfortable working in cloud environments such as AWS Azure or Google Cloud;
• Experience building and maintaining APIs and backend services including SaaS platforms;
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure and distributed systems;
• Solid understanding of modern deployment practices including Docker containers and Kubernetes;
• Strong background in testing strategies including TDD across the full system lifecycle with a focus on performance optimization;
• Use AI tools to augment your work applying sound judgement to adopt emerging technologies where they genuinely add value and increase your impact as an engineer.

You should apply if you are:

• Self-motivated proactive and always looking for ways to improve and develop yourself;
• A good communicator both in writing and verbally. Youll be able to explain technical ideas and concepts in business-friendly language;
• Detail-oriented;
• Possess strong problem-solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needs;
• Used to working in a team-oriented collaborative environment;
• Analytical and problem-solving-oriented;
• A genuine believer in diversity and fairness.

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We live and breathe our values and know you will too:

• Growing every day
• Including everyone
• Relationships built on honesty and ethics
• Inspiring solutions
• Winning together

Were an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity in all its forms. We do not discriminate based on race religion colour national origin gender sexual orientation pregnancy or maternity age marital status or disability. We also offer a remote-first working environment with flexible working and worklife balance as standard for all employees.