Lead Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Go API Messaging) London onsite

Are you a senior, backend focussed Software Engineer with strong Go / Golang coding skills and real-time messaging experience?

You could be progressing your career in a hands-on Lead Backend Software Engineer role at a global cryptocurrency market data and trade execution technology company that is experiencing great success and is growing as a result, the systems currently deal with multiple billions of events per month.

As a Lead Backend Software Engineer you will work on cutting edge systems that handle a million messages per second from a diverse range of external APIs within a high performance data pipeline. You'll design and implement high throughput data services with a focus on scalability, reliability and performance, taking ownership of projects and collaborating with data and infrastructure teams you'll ensure seamless integration and efficient workflows.

Location / WFH:

You'll join the team in brand new Central London based offices on a fulltime basis (Monday to Friday).

About you:

• You have experience of taking ownership of high profile projects
• You have strong Go / Golang coding skills
• You have strong experience of designing and implementing scalable solutions to handle high throughput systems including WebSocket APIs and services
• You have a strong knowledge of queue or stream based messaging systems e.g. Amazon SQS, Kafka
• You have a good knowledge of both relational and non-relational databases, PostgreSQL and Redis preferred
• You're highly numerate with strong maths knowledge (numerical computations and algorithms)
• You are degree educated in Computer Science or similar technical discipline
• You have a personal interest in traditional financial markets or the cryptocurrency space

What's in it for you:

As a Lead Backend Software Engineer you will receive a comprehensive package:

• Competitive Salary
• Bonus
• Continual learning and self development opportunities working on cutting edge systems

Apply now to find out more about this Lead Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Go / Golang Messaging) opportunity.

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