Contract Golang Software Engineer (Remote Europe)
YLD.io
WorldwideremotePosted 1 month ago
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Key highlights
- Contract length: 6 months with potential extension.
- Role level: Senior Software Engineer.
- Remote‑first position (EU, GMT timezone).
- Key requirement: Strong Go backend engineering experience.
- Benefit: Flexible working and work‑life balance.
- Opportunity to use AI tools to augment engineering work.
Role overview
YLD is a remote‑first consultancy focused on software engineering, product design, and data. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join a client team to build innovative, scalable, and fault‑tolerant products while collaborating in a fast‑paced engineering environment. The role is contract‑based, remote (EU based, GMT timezone), and offers the chance to grow with a forward‑thinking, ethical, and fun group.
Responsibilities
- Build innovative products as part of a client team.
- Design scalable, resilient, and fault‑tolerant architectures.
- Build and maintain APIs and backend services, including SaaS platforms.
- Apply modern deployment practices such as Docker, containers, and Kubernetes.
- Develop and execute testing strategies, including TDD and performance optimization.
- Collaborate with team members in a fast‑paced engineering environment to deliver outstanding results.
Requirements
- 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.
- Self‑motivated, proactive, and always looking to improve and develop yourself.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to explain technical ideas in business‑friendly language.
- Detail‑oriented with strong problem‑solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices.
- Used to working in a team‑oriented, collaborative environment.
- Analytical and problem‑solving oriented.
- A genuine believer in diversity and fairness.
Nice to have
- Use AI tools to augment your work, applying sound judgement to adopt emerging technologies where they genuinely add value.
Benefits
- Opportunity to work with a forward‑thinking, ethical, and fun group of people.
- Ability to develop and grow your skills in a fast‑moving business.
- Remote‑first working environment with flexible working and work‑life balance as standard.
- Equal‑opportunity employer that values diversity in all its forms.
Additional details
- Location: Remote (EU based, GMT timezone).
- Department: Engineering.
- Employment Type: Contract.
- Contract Length: 6 months (with potential for extension).
- About YLD: We help clients build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto.
- Recruitment process: 1st interview with a Talent Partner (30/45 mins), technical interview with Senior Developers (1h30), final chat with Client Partner (30/45 mins).
- Company values: Growing every day, Including everyone, Relationships built on honesty and ethics, Inspiring solutions, Winning together.
- Equal‑opportunity statement: We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability.
- Originally posted on Himalayas.
