Golang Developer

S-RM isrecruitinga

Golang Developer to play a key role inthe development and maintenance of products for our Corporate Intelligence team.

S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy. Since 2005,we’vehelped companies, governments and private individuals solve some of their most complex challenges.

We’vebeen able to do this because of our outstanding people. We’recommitted to developing bright, curious, enthusiastic people who want to think critically, solve complex problems, and achieve success.

But we also know that workisn’teverything. It’sabout the lives and careers it helps us build. We’reimmensely proud of this culture and we invest in our people’s wellbeing, learning, and ideas every day.

We’reexcitedyou’rethinking about joining us.

This role w ill be working as part of a larger software team supporting our Corporate Intelligence team in the development of complex intelligence software products.

We expect that the following will be component of the key responsibilities for this position:

• Design, build, andmaintainbackend services in Golang and front‑end features using React.
• Build and evolve
  
  APIsto integrate multiple external data providers.
• Use Open Search for searching, indexing, and analytics use cases.
• Deploy and operate services on AWS, following best practices.
• Work withlarge datasets, focusing on performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Managerto break down requirements and deliver incremental value.
• Work alongside the Dev Ops team on deployment,observabilityand automations.
• Take ownership of features from design through to production and ongoing improvement.
• Ensure high code quality throughunit tests, integration tests, and other testing strategies.
• Contribute to technical discussions and help improve engineering standards across the team.

The role will be based in our Cape Town office; however, we have flexible working arrangements available.

We think candidates with the following skills and experience are likely to succeed as aGolang

Engineer at S-RM. That said, if youdon’tthink you meetallofthe criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box—we’relooking for candidates that are particularly strong in a fewareas andhave some interest and capabilities in others.

We’relooking for someone thatcanadapt to change and work comfortably in a fast‑paced environment, this person will have some orallthese skills:

• Degree level education in a computer science, maths or related numerate subject , OR equivalent practical experience .
• Proven experience as a Software Engineer with Golang, practical experience in building front‑end applications with React .
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs .
• Hands‑on experience with AWS , e.g. ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM , Open Search or similar .
• Solid understanding of working with large data volumes .
• Strong testing mindset, including unit tests, integration tests, a wareness of other testing strategies (e.g. contract, end‑to‑end) .
• Experience in microservice architecture, experience in a pplying AI / ML techniques or working with AI‑driven systems, familiarity with data pipelines or analytics platform s .

Any of the following personal skills would be very beneficial in thi s position :

• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work independently in a small, agile team .
• Well, ‑ organised with strong attention to detail.
• Delivery‑focused, balancing speed with reliability and long‑term maintainability.
• A proven ability to work from idea to a working feature .
• Able to evaluate new technologies pragmatically rather than adopting trends for their own sake .
• Strong communication skills and ability to communicate with business stakeholders to understand the problems and contribute to technical discussions .

The successful candidate must have permission to work in South Africa by the start of their employment.

We offer thoughtful, balanced rewards and support to help our people do their best work and live their lives outside it, this includes but is not exhaustive of:

• 23 days holiday per year in addition to bank holidays (+1 day for every…