Golang Engineer

Job Title: Golang Engineer, Golang Developer Location: Burgess Hill, Sussex, UK Job Type: Contract Length: 12 months + extensions (long term, muli-year project) Day rate: £300 - £325 per day (inside IR35) Working setup: 3 days per week onsite / 2 day Remote Introduction: Talent-Relay have partnered with a global player in the financial services sector to urgently on-board an experienced Golang Engineer / Go Developer into a project team. Successful Golang Engineer will join the team on an initial 12-month contract with extension highly likely. The successful Golang Engineer / Go Developer will help develop innovative solutions for the client's customer platform and will be involved in design system solutions, building modern microservices-based applications while collaborating closely with development teams and SREs. Key Responsibilities: * Design, develop, and modify custom applications. * Create and test resilient software, focusing on high-volume REST APIs. * Drive migration from legacy systems to microservices architecture. * Partner with teams across development, QA, and production support. Required Skills: * Demonstrable experience as a Golang Engineer / Golang Developer * Solid experience with Golang, Git, REST Web Services, Jenkins, NoSQL, PostgreSQL * Experience in application design, Agile development, and CI/CD tools. * Experience of messaging service (ideally Kafka) * Understanding of BDD / TDD * Strong problem-solving, analytical skills, and a desire to learn new technologies. Preferred: * Experience with Docker, Kubernetes. * Experience with open-source contributions. JBRP1_UKTJ