My Client, a large global brand is looking for an experienced Senior Golang Engineer on a initial contract basis. The role is hybrid and Inside IR35.

We are looking for an innovative, experienced, and talented Senior Software Engineer (Golang) who will work closely with business unit and development team to develop new system capabilities as defined within the technical/functional specifications.

Key Responsibilities as follows:

• Responsible for leading projects, designing system solutions, developing custom applications, and modifying existing applications to meet distinct and changing business requirements. Handle coding, debugging, and documentation, as well working closely with various teams. Provide post implementation and ongoing production support
• Develop and design software applications, translating user needs into system architecture. Assess and validate application performance and integration of component systems and provide process flow diagrams. Test the engineering resilience of software and automation tools.
• You will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our customers. Software Engineers who join our team will be assigned to one of several exciting teams that are developing a modern platform which supports the key element of connecting with our customers where they are and how they choose to interact with our business.
• Be part of an enthusiastic, high performing technology team developing solutions to drive engagement and loyalty within our existing customer base and attract new customers to our brand.
• The position will also play a critical role partnering with other development teams, testing and quality, and production support, to meet implementation dates and allow smooth transition throughout the development life-cycle.
• The successful candidate will be focused on building and executing against a strategy and roadmap focused on moving from monolithic, tightly coupled, batch-based legacy platforms to a loosely coupled, event-driven, microservices-based architecture to meet our long-term business goals.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Position requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field followed by 5+ years of experience in a modern development stack (Golang preferred).
• Experience in application design, software development, and testing, preferably in an Agile environment.
• Experience working with Git on small to medium sized teams.
• Experience with open-source frameworks is a plus - especially maintaining or contributing to open source projects!
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, Couchbase, or Cassandra is a plus.
• Experience designing and developing REST APIs for high volume clients.
• Experience with continuous integration tools (Github Actions, Jenkins, Gitlab CI) a plus.
• Experience with automated build and test frameworks a plus.
• A proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working software.
• Experience with container and container orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, a plus.
• Experience with Atlassian software development and collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.), a plus.