[Hiring] Contract Golang Software Engineer @YLD

Role Description

As a Senior Software Engineer at YLD, you’ll be part of a client team building innovative products. We’re looking for someone curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You should be skilled in problem-solving and experienced in designing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures. You’re also an effective communicator and a strong team player. Together with your team, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced engineering environment, delivering outstanding results and exciting projects.

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering experience, with Go as a primary or preferred language
• Comfortable working in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Experience building and maintaining APIs and backend services, including SaaS platforms
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure and distributed systems
• Solid understanding of modern deployment practices, including Docker, containers, and Kubernetes
• Strong background in testing strategies, including TDD, across the full system lifecycle, with a focus on performance optimization
• Use AI tools to augment your work, applying sound judgement to adopt emerging technologies where they genuinely add value and increase your impact as an engineer

Requirements

• Self-motivated, proactive and always looking for ways to improve and develop yourself
• A good communicator, both in writing and verbally. You’ll be able to explain technical ideas and concepts in business-friendly language
• Detail-oriented
• Possess strong problem-solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needs
• Used to working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Analytical and problem-solving-oriented
• A genuine believer in diversity and fairness

Benefits

• The chance to work with a forward-thinking, ethical, and fun group of people
• Develop and grow your skills in a fast-moving business

Company Description

We’re a remote-first consultancy specialising in software engineering, product design, and data. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto, and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.