Hybrid Software Engineer, Go

at Napier

• Job title: Software Engineer, Go
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Apache, AWS, Azure, Cloud, Docker, ElasticSearch, ETL, Google Cloud Platform, Grafana, Java, Kafka, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Postgres, Prometheus, SQL, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Belfast, United Kingdom

About the role

• Back-End Engineer utilizing Go for developing AI-powered platform that aids financial institutions in crime detection. Join us in creating a safer financial world.

Responsibilities

• Assuming direct development responsibility for developing, debugging and unit testing of product features in accordance with internal procedures and standards
• When required, diagnosing, and solving functional and performance/scalability issues
• Helping to improve technical practices towards a continuously releasable end-state, especially in terms of GitHub, CI/CD, and development processes

Requirements

• Hands-on programming experience – Go
• Technologies & Tools – Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub
• Azure and AWS or GCP and data processing in cloud
• Database and SQL development experience, especially PostGreSQL
• Collaborative team player with strong (written and verbal) communication skills
• Comfortable working with remote engineering teams and distributed delivery models
• We’d be thrilled if you also have experience with, and are keen to grow your skills in, some of these other areas:
• Programming Languages – Kotlin, Java
• Analytics engines, especially ElasticSearch
• KeyCloak
• ETL tools
• Performance engineering principles and tools
• CI/CD and DevOps tooling
• Open Telemetry and related observability tools and techniques, especially Grafana and Prometheus

Benefits

• Comprehensive private healthcare through AXA covering optical, audio & dental.
• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays, your birthday and a wellness day
• Dedicated pension plan through Aviva
• Life Insurance 4x your annual salary
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
• Income protections policy
• Work from anywhere for up to 1 month
• Access to our employee wellbeing programme.
• Gym membership discounts.
• Flexibility in work schedules and locations, ensuring a work-life balance.
• This role can be fulfilled either with a hybrid approach or fully in-office – depending on your preference.
• An open and flexible culture that allows you to work in the best way for you.