Senior Go developer
Posted 2 days ago by 1758205459
£650 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Cirencester, Gloucestershire, South West, England
Summary: The role of Senior Go Developer involves joining a dynamic data and DevOps team to enhance infrastructure-as-code practices and facilitate the deployment of open-source software across various platforms. The position requires collaboration with the Product Owner and participation in agile processes while mentoring team members. The developer will leverage their expertise in Go and related technologies to contribute to innovative solutions. This is a remote role with occasional on-site requirements in Cirencester.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborating with the Product Owner to deliver key outcomes and shape innovative solutions.
- Contributing to product backlog delivery, aligned with agile sprint priorities.
- Participating in stand-ups, retrospectives, and show-and-tells with users and stakeholders.
- Sharing knowledge and mentoring team members to help build long-term in-house capability.
- Embracing DevOps culture, infrastructure-as-code, and continuous improvement.
Key Skills:
- Strong experience as a senior Go developer.
- JSON Schema expertise.
- Proficiency with Test Driven Development and testing practices.
- Solid knowledge of Domain Driven Design techniques (Crows Foot, ERD syntaxes).
- Hands-on Unix/Linux systems programming and sysadmin experience.
- Exposure to multiple other programming languages.
- Experience with programming language design or type system design (desirable).
- Interface design experience (GUI or CLI) (desirable).
- A true team player who thrives in an agile DevOps culture.
- Strong technical fit, with adaptability across languages and systems.
- Comfortable working in R&D environments with evolving requirements.
Salary (Rate): £650 per day
City: Cirencester
Country: England
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior Go Developer
Location: Remote (with occasional on-site in Cirencester, 2–4 days per month)
Contract: Outside IR35 | Until March 2026
Rate: £500 - £650 per day
Clearance: Active BPSS required (SC will be arranged once successful)
We are seeking an experienced Senior Back End Developer (Go) to join a small, dynamic data and DevOps team. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the creation of a new era – enabling infrastructure-as-code practices, and making it fast and simple to deploy open-source software across multiple public clouds and Raspberry Pi clusters.
What you’ll be doing:
- Collaborating with the Product Owner to deliver key outcomes and shape innovative solutions.
- Contributing to product backlog delivery, aligned with agile sprint priorities.
- Participating in stand-ups, retrospectives, and show-and-tells with users and stakeholders.
- Sharing knowledge and mentoring team members to help build long-term in-house capability.
- Embracing DevOps culture, infrastructure-as-code, and continuous improvement.
Skills & Experience required:
- Strong experience as a senior Go developer.
- JSON Schema expertise.
- Proficiency with Test Driven Development and testing practices.
- Solid knowledge of Domain Driven Design techniques (Crows Foot, ERD syntaxes).
- Hands-on Unix/Linux systems programming and sysadmin experience.
- Exposure to multiple other programming languages.
Desirable (nice to have):
- Experience with programming language design or type system design.
- Interface design experience (GUI or CLI).
Key qualities we’re looking for:
- A true team player who thrives in an agile DevOps culture.
- Strong technical fit, with adaptability across languages and systems.
- Comfortable working in R&D environments with evolving requirements.