Senior Software Developer; Go

Remote / Online - Candidates ideally in
Greater London, London, Greater London, W1B, England, UK

Listing for: ZILO

Remote/Work from Home position
Listed on 2026-07-13

Job specializations:

Software Development
Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software, Senior Developer, Software Engineer

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 65000 - 85000 GBP Yearly GBP 65000.00 85000.00 YEAR

Position: Senior Software Developer (Go)
Location: Greater London

We are seeking an experienced Senior GO Developer to join our team in building and maintaining a set of microservices to support financial services use cases. As a Senior GO Developer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing and maintaining highly scalable and reliable microservices, while also ensuring that they are integrated with Kafka for seamless communication between services.

There is an expectation you will attend our Churchill Place, Canary Wharf office, up to 3 days each week.

Key Responsibilities

Design and implement highly scalable and reliable services in GO language
Collaborate with team members to develop efficient and elegant solutions to complex problems
Work with Kafka for messaging and ensure that services are integrated with it
Ensure that all microservices are highly available and fault-tolerant
Write high-quality and well-documented code
Ensure that code is tested, reviewed and deployed in a timely and efficient manner
Continuously improve the performance and scalability of the microservices

Key Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field
At least 5 years of professional experience in software development, with at least 3 years in GO language
Experience with Kafka as a messaging system
Strong understanding of microservice architecture, GraphQL and RESTful API design and development
Experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB
Experience with version control systems such as Github or Gitlab
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Benefits

Enhanced leave - 38 days inclusive of 8 UK Public Holidays
Private Health Care including family cover
Life Assurance - 5x salary
Flexible working - work from home and/or in our London Office
Employee Assistance Program
Company Pension (Salary Sacrifice options available)
Access to training and development
Buy and Sell holiday scheme
The opportunity for work from anywhere/global mobility

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