Staff Software Engineer

CompanyWeDo

LocationEngland, United Kingdom

Posted At1/9/2026

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Programmers and software development professionals

Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled

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£54,700 (£28.05 per hour)

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Description

Role: Staff Software Engineer (Go)

Industry: Tech4Good

Company size: < 200

Work type: UK Remote First

Salary: £105,000–£140,000 + Equity

Wedo has partnered with a Tech4Good Series B start-up who are building technology that impacts tens of millions of people every year. Our client is a B Corp, featured as one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK, and they’re now looking for a Staff Software Engineer who can own Go service development for their core platform, while having a wider impact by owning architecture patterns, setting standards, influencing strategy, and driving wider Go adoption.

Their previous services were written in Node/Next.js, which hit performance limits. They put together a Go proof of concept which showed they could 10x performance, so all new services and feature development are now being built in Golang. They have 2 Go Engineers in the business and are hiring 2 more. This is an IC role and suitable for anyone who’s already a Senior looking to step up, or someone already operating at Principal or Staff level.

Day-to-day

Build new features and evolve the platform using Golang
Drive best practice in Go development and testing
Design and create automated tests across the full testing pyramid
Improve system performance, data modelling, reliability and UX
Shape architectural decisions and unblock complex problems
Mentor engineers adopting Go and level up engineering standards
Champion product-thinking, always tying decisions back to user need

What You’ll Bring

Commercial experience building Go services in production in at least 2 different companies
Willingness to unblock yourself and work with TypeScript/React for ~10% of the work, with appetite to learn on the job
PostgreSQL expertise
Automated testing mindset (ideally TDD)
Solid grounding in design patterns
Cloud deployment experience (Kubernetes preferred)
Kafka, Debezium or broader event-driven systems knowledge
AWS experience

You’ll Thrive Here If You Are…

Fuelled by purpose, not perks
Excited by scale, ambiguity, and building from the ground up

Curious, collaborative, and generous with knowledge

Someone who gives and receives feedback well

Able to influence direction, not just follow it

Product-thinking, pragmatic, and comfortable making trade-offs

You don’t need to tick every box. If the mission resonates, you should apply.

Interview Process

Technical Deep Dive – Go Project Walkthrough

Architecture, decisions, trade-offs, lessons learned.

Pairing Session (60 mins)

Hands-on with a Staff Engineer.

Final Conversation – VP Engineering + Founder

Impact, culture, and long-term alignment.

If you’re the type of engineer who wants to build software that matters and have fun doing it, then this is the right gig for you.

Apply by connecting with Jack Cole and sending your CV — or just hit apply today.