Technical Lead - Golang

• Join Nearform as a Technical Lead specialising in Golang, working fully remotely from the UK. • Lead and guide development teams while working directly with enterprise clients. • Translate complex business and technical requirements into impactful, high-quality applications. • Work across a variety of client projects, with the chance to shape architectural decisions. • Combine technical leadership with line management of your development team. • Enjoy a flexible working culture, with only occasional travel to client sites for meetings and workshops.

• Bring significant software engineering experience as a Senior Engineer leading projects and mentoring, or as a Technical Lead. • Use Golang day to day, ideally alongside other languages such as JavaScript or Python. • Show experience working directly with clients or customers to understand technical requirements. • Show experience leading engineering teams through technical delivery, with line management or mentoring. • Know agile ways of working, best practices, design patterns and test-driven development in depth. • Know version control tools such as Git in depth. • Understand DevOps practices and cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure and GCP. • Understand operational concerns such as monitoring, performance testing, security, accessibility and GDPR.

• Bring experience of JavaScript or Python alongside Golang. • Show experience in the financial services industry. • Use empathy and strong people skills to support and grow your team. • Have experience of operational concerns such as accessibility and performance testing.

• Provide technical and line-management leadership to your development team. • Take responsibility for the successful delivery of projects. • Identify and resolve blockers before they become issues. • Uphold best practices in software development, DevOps and agile methodologies within the team. • Work directly with clients to translate requirements into technical briefs. • Shape and define architectural decisions to ensure scalability, security and maintainability. • Update client and Nearform leadership on project status to drive good decision-making.

• Work remotely and flexibly, with a culture that supports work/life balance, including the school run. • Receive a share of company profits through an annual company bonus. • Enjoy 25 days of annual leave plus public holidays, as well as sick leave and marriage leave. • Claim a remote working allowance of up to €1,250 (in GBP) every two years, on top of essential equipment. • Use a training and development allowance to support your learning, subject to manager approval. • Access additional private healthcare. • Benefit from a pension match of up to 5%, plus Income Protection and Death in Service cover.

Nearform is an independent team of data and AI experts, engineers and designers who build intelligent digital solutions at pace. Its 500 experts across 20+ countries work with enterprises including Lululemon, Puma, Sun Life, Starbucks, Travelex, Virgin Media O2 and Walmart. The company helps clients build breakthrough products and modernise legacy systems using AI.