Lead Full Stack Engineer; Golang Focus

Overview

Senior / Lead Full Stack Engineer (Golang Focus) —

Location:

Hybrid - 2 days per week in Central London.

A fast-growing, global digital platform is seeking a Senior / Lead Full Stack Engineer with deep expertise in Golang to help scale and evolve a high-traffic marketplace product operating across multiple international markets.

This organisation delivers community-driven platforms connecting millions of users each month and is entering an exciting phase of growth, innovation, and expansion into new regions. The engineering team embraces modern practices including AI-enabled development and spec-driven engineering.

This is a hands-on full stack engineering position with a strong backend bias toward Golang, responsible for building scalable, high-performance systems that power a global user base.

The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, developing, and optimising both backend services and frontend interfaces, working closely with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver impactful features and improvements.

• Design, build, and deploy scalable, high-quality applications across the full stack
• Architect and develop robust backend services using Golang (Go)
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices
• Contribute to modern, responsive frontend applications using Vue.js/Nuxt.js
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following best practices
• Work cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and engineers
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering standards
• Optimize applications for speed, scalability, and reliability
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across systems
• Ensure systems are resilient under high traffic and large-scale usage
• Implement and maintain automated testing across the stack
• Debug and resolve complex technical issues
• Ensure high levels of system stability and user experience
• Stay current with emerging technologies and development approaches
• Contribute to evolving engineering processes, tooling, and practices
• Support adoption of AI-assisted and spec-driven development workflows

• Proven experience as a Senior or Lead Full Stack Engineer
• Strong commercial experience with Golang (Go) - essential and a primary focus
• Experience with spec-driven or agentic development approaches
• Advanced frontend expertise with Vue.js and Nuxt.js
• Strong JavaScript (ES6+), HTML, and CSS skills
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices
• Familiarity with gRPC for service-to-service communication
• Solid experience with SQL and/or No
  
  SQL databases
• Proficiency with Git and modern development workflows
• Experience with containerisation and deployment tools
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively

• Opportunity to work on a high-scale, international platform
• Exposure to modern engineering practices including AI-driven development
• Collaborative, forward-thinking engineering environment
• Hybrid working model with a central London office location

• Deeply experienced in Golang backend development
• Passionate about building scalable, production-grade systems
• Comfortable working across the full stack where needed
• Interested in modern engineering practices and continuous improvement