Golang Developer

Work on technology that directly supports Defence and National Security.

We are looking for an experienced Golang Developer to join a growing engineering team delivering secure digital solutions for UK Defence and National Security programmes. You will work on complex, mission-critical systems where reliability, security and operational impact really matter. Permanent opportunity, salary to £75,000 plus benefits, with hybrid working from Farnborough.

About the role

You will join a multidisciplinary team of software engineers, architects, platform specialists, infrastructure engineers and delivery professionals.

The role covers the full software development lifecycle, from technical design and development through to testing, deployment and continuous improvement, with a particular focus on building robust and scalable backend services using Golang.

You will also work with engineers using other technologies, so an understanding of how different languages, APIs and services integrate is important.

This is a collaborative and customer-facing environment, so you should be comfortable discussing technical solutions with both engineering teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Design, develop and maintain secure, scalable backend services using Golang

Build and integrate APIs and services across complex technical environments

Contribute across the full software development lifecycle, from design through to deployment

Write clean, maintainable and well-documented code

Use Git for collaborative development, code reviews and version control

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated testing processes

Use Docker to support consistent application deployment

Work closely with platform, infrastructure and engineering teams to integrate software solutions

Participate in technical design discussions and code reviews

Mentor and support other engineers where appropriate

Essential criteria

Professional software engineering experience

Commercial experience developing backend applications or services using Golang

Strong understanding of software engineering principles, algorithms and data structures

Experience working across the full software development lifecycle

Experience with Git and colla...