Senior GoLang developer with Kubernetes and Docker -6months-Burgess Hill
Posted 1 week ago by Kirtana Consulting
Negotiable
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Burgess Hill, UK
Summary: Kirtana Consulting is seeking a Senior GoLang Developer with expertise in Kubernetes and Docker for a rolling 6-month contract based in London. The ideal candidate should have 5-6 years of experience in Golang development, with a strong focus on relevant technologies. The role requires a solid understanding of application design, software development, and testing, preferably in an Agile environment. Additional skills in Python and cloud technologies are advantageous.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain applications using Golang, Kubernetes, and Docker.
- Design and develop REST APIs for high volume clients.
- Participate in application design, software development, and testing processes.
- Work collaboratively in Agile teams using Git for version control.
- Contribute to open-source projects and maintain container orchestration technologies.
- Implement test-driven development practices and continuous integration tools.
- Communicate effectively with internal and external business partners.
Key Skills:
- 5-6 years of experience in Golang development.
- Strong proficiency in Golang, Kubernetes, and Docker.
- Experience with REST APIs and micro-service architecture.
- Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, Couchbase, Cassandra).
- Knowledge of continuous integration tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Burgess Hill
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Kirtana consulting is looking for Senior GoLang developer with Kubernetes and Docker for 6months rolling contract in London.
Job description:
Role Title: Senior GoLang developer
Minimum years of experience: 5-6 years (flexible if the candidate has all necessary technical skills)
- experience on mandatory relevant skills (Golang, Kubernetes, Docker) of 4+ years
- total experience to 5/6+
Required Core Skills:
Development experience with:
1. strong in Golang
2. Kubernetes
4. Docker
Good to Have Skills: Python, exposure to GCP, REST API, Kafka, NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, Couchbase, or Cassandra
DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION:
Minimum Qualifications:
- Position requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field followed by 6+ years of experience in Golang development stack.
- Experience in application design, software development, and testing, preferably in an Agile environment.
- Solid understanding of test-driven development, including unit, component, functional, system integration and regression tests.
- Experience working with Git on small to medium sized teams.
- Experience designing and developing REST APIs for high volume clients.
- Experience with open-source frameworks is a plus especially maintaining or contributing to open source projects!
- Experience with container and container orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Comfortable/experienced with Back End micro-service architecture and communication, specifically REST and asynchronous messaging services (eg, Kafka, RabbitMQ etc.)
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, Couchbase, or Cassandra is a plus.
- 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 Atlassian software development and collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.), a plus.
- Strong ability to develop unique, outside the box ideas
- Strong analytical, problem-solving/quantitative skills
- Willing to take risks, experiment, and share fresh perspectives
- Aptitude for learning and applying programming concepts.
- Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners.
Preferred Additional:
- Knowledge of payments industry
- Experience with coding skills across a variety of distributed technologies
- Experience with a broad range of software languages and payments technologies