Golang Developer - Contract

Location - London

Working Model - Hybrid

Day Rate - up to £850

Job Advertisement: Software Engineer (Golang)

Our client, a Global investment bank, is seeking an experienced hands-on Software Engineer to join their newly formed Engineering and Architecture Practice. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in defining and building core architecture and technology strategy for the bank's institutional clients group.

As the Lead Engineer, you will:

• Spearhead the development of next-generation data infrastructure based on federated data-mesh principles
• Design and build a 'DNS' for addressable data resources across on-premise and cloud environments
• Create solutions that will be utilized by thousands of developers, supporting applications used by hundreds of thousands of internal and client users
• Drive, design, prototype, and develop critical core components
• Act as a trusted advisor to the senior management team
• Champion high standards of coding and architecture best practices
• Focus on optimal developer experience in all decision-making processes
• Contribute to open-source projects and work with the financial open-source community through FINOS

Key Responsibilities:

• Engineer efficient, scalable, and robust code, primarily in Go
• Lead a team of engineers
• Build federated data-registry services for application embedding
• Run and maintain highly-available, resilient, and globally replicated centralized registry services
• Design interoperable registry services across the bank's data infrastructure

Required Skills:

• Excellent software engineering skillset (specific language experience is flexible)
• Expertise in Go, Python, or other modern languages
• Experience with distributed ledgers and large, distributed hash-trees
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and container-based services
• Familiarity with HELM and associated deployment technologies
• Full product cycle experience, from initial design to final product
• Experience with middleware (e.g., AMQP, Kafka, JMS)
• Knowledge of data storage systems (e.g., S3, Couchbase, Mongo)
• Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps engineering

This role offers the unique opportunity to contribute to open-source projects and make a significant impact on the bank's global data infrastructure. If you are passionate about reliability, usability, and creating cutting-edge solutions in the financial technology sector, we want to hear from you.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.