Senior Golang Engineer - InfoSec
Posted 2 weeks ago by PCR Digital
£650 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
City of London, London
Summary: The Senior Back End Engineer role focuses on enhancing the security of digital platforms through the development of internal tools for web application testing, automation, and scraping. This 6-month contract position requires a skilled engineer proficient in Golang, capable of working autonomously in a fast-paced environment. The role is hybrid, requiring three days on-site in London each week. The ideal candidate should be available immediately or at short notice to address a growing backlog of work.
Key Responsibilities:
- Creating tools that emulate malicious activity in order to detect and fix weaknesses in web platforms.
- Build and enhance microservice-based automation pipelines that test and strengthen the security of web apps.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable back end systems for internal web crawling and scraping tools.
- Collaborate with engineering and security stakeholders across global teams.
- Deliver high-quality, efficient code in an agile environment with minimal supervision.
Key Skills:
- Extensive commercial experience with Golang / Go Programming Language in back end development.
- Familiarity with Python is advantageous but not essential.
- Proven ability to build and support applications at scale, ideally in microservices environments.
- Strong understanding of web technologies and experience with web scraping or automation.
- Knowledge of information security principles and secure coding practices.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Comfortable working independently and able to hit the ground running.
- Experience working in global, distributed teams.
Salary (Rate): £650/day
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Senior Back End Engineer - Golang
Information Security Team
6-Month Contract
£600-£650 per day - Inside IR35
Hybrid - London / Remote (3 days on-site per week)
The role:
Our global media and consumer technology client is seeking a Senior Back End Engineer to join their Information Security team for an initial 6-month contract. This role focuses on building and maintaining internal tools used for large-scale web application testing, automation, and scraping, helping to improve the security and resilience of digital platforms used worldwide.
This is a fast-paced, high-impact role suited to experienced engineers who are confident working autonomously and contributing to complex systems with minimal onboarding. The ideal candidate will be available immediately or at short notice, and willing to work flexibly as needed to help clear a growing backlog of work.
Key Responsibilities
- Creating tools that emulate malicious activity in order to detect and fix weaknesses in web platforms.
- Build and enhance microservice-based automation pipelines that test and strengthen the security of web apps.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable back end systems for internal web crawling and scraping tools.
- Collaborate with engineering and security stakeholders across global teams.
- Deliver high-quality, efficient code in an agile environment with minimal supervision.
Requirements
- Extensive commercial experience with Golang / Go Programming Language in back end development.
- Familiarity with Python is advantageous but not essential.
- Proven ability to build and support applications at scale, ideally in microservices environments.
- Strong understanding of web technologies and experience with web scraping or automation.
- Knowledge of information security principles and secure coding practices.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Comfortable working independently and able to hit the ground running.
- Experience working in global, distributed teams.