Golang Engineer
Not disclosed
Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
SOC 2134 (90% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,700, and PRACYVA is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
Core Development Skills
- Strong commercial experience developing backend applications using Golang.
- Solid understanding of:
- Goroutines
- Channels
- Concurrency patterns
- Memory management
- Performance optimisation
- Experience developing RESTful APIs and service-oriented architectures.
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles and design patterns.
Microservices & Distributed Systems
- Proven experience designing and operating production-grade microservices.
- Experience building highly available distributed systems.
- Strong appreciation of scalability, reliability, and fault tolerance principles.
- Experience supporting mission-critical production services.
Messaging & Event Processing
Hands-on experience with:
- Apache Kafka
- RabbitMQ
- Event-driven architectures
- Message orchestration
- Stream processing
Databases
Experience working with:
Relational
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL (desirable)
NoSQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
- BigQuery
Strong understanding of:
- Data modelling
- Query optimisation
- Transaction management
- Performance tuning
Cloud & Containers
Experience with:
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- CI/CD pipelines
Exposure to one or more cloud platforms:
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Azure
Operational Excellence
Experience with:
- Monitoring and alerting
- Distributed tracing
- Production support
- Incident management
- Observability tooling
Examples include:
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- ELK
- Splunk
- OpenTelemetry
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with PRACYVA, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. PRACYVA holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2134 going rate of £54,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.