GoLang Engineer

UK Contract | Outside IR35

Start: Late January or February

Duration: 12–18 months

Rate: Around £400 per day

Location: Remote (UK based)

IR35: Outside IR35

This is a long-term, stable programme focused on building and scaling backend services used across critical banking platforms. The work is engineering-led, well scoped, and designed for contractors who want consistency rather than constant churn.

What you’ll be working on

Designing and building backend services using GoLang

Writing clean, performant concurrent code using goroutines and channels

Developing and maintaining RESTful and GraphQL APIs

Supporting TypeScript-based services where required

Working closely with other senior engineers as the team scales

Must have experience

Strong commercial experience with GoLang

Concurrency patterns, goroutines, channels, memory management

TypeScript experience with modern frameworks such as React, Angular, Node.js or NestJS

API design and backend service development

Experience using Go frameworks such as Gin or Echo

Nice to have

SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP or Azure)

Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines

Testing tools such as Jest, Mocha or Go testing packages

Secure coding practices, OAuth, JWT, encryption

German language skills (desirable, not essential)

This role suits a senior contractor who enjoys backend engineering, clean systems and long-term delivery within a regulated environment.