Senior Golang Engineer

Job description
We are looking for an innovative, experienced, and talented senior software engineer who will work closely with business unit and development team to develop new system capabilities as defined within the technical/ functional specifications

Key Responsibilities:
• Responsible for leading projects, designing system solutions, developing custom applications, and modifying existing applications to meet distinct and changing business requirements. Handle coding, debugging, and documentation, as well working closely with SRE team. Provide post implementation and ongoing production support
• Develop and design software applications, translating user needs into system architecture. Assess and validate application performance and integration of component systems and provide process flow diagrams. Test the engineering resilience of software and automation tools.
• You will be challenged with identifying innovative ideas and proof of concept to deliver against the existing and future needs of our customers. Software Engineers who join our Loyalty Technology team will be assigned to one of several exciting teams that are developing a modern loyalty platform which supports the key element of connecting with our customers where they are and how they choose to interact with American Express.
• The position will also play a critical role partnering with other development teams, testing and quality, and production support, to meet implementation dates and allow smooth transition throughout the development life-cycle.

Experience
• 5+ years of experience in a modern development stack (Golang )
• Experience in application design, software development, and testing, preferably in an Agile environment.
• Experience working with Git on small to medium sized teams.
• Experience with open-source frameworks is a plus and especially maintaining or contributing to open source projects!
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, Couchbase, or Cassandra is a plus.
• Experience designing and developing REST APIs for high volume clients.
• Experience with continuous integration tools (Github Actions, Jenkins, Gitlab CI) a plus.
• Experience with automated build and test frameworks a plus.
• A proven hunger to learn new technologies and translate them into working software.
• Experience with container and container orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes, a plus.
• Experience with Atlassian software development and collaboration tools (JIRA, Confluence, etc.), a plus.
• Strong ability to develop unique, outside the box ideas
• Strong analytical, problem-solving/quantitative skills
• Willing to take risks, experiment, and share fresh perspectives
• Aptitude for learning and applying programming concepts.
• Ability to effectively communicate with internal and external business partners. Preferred Additional:
• Knowledge of payments industry
• Experience with coding skills across a variety of distributed technologies
• Experience with a broad range of software languages and payments technologies

Job Information
Job Reference: JO-2407-345384
Salary: £460 - £470.00 per day
Salary per: day
Job Duration: 6m rolling
Job Start Date: 12/08/2024
Job Industries: Software Engineering
Job Locations: Greater London
Job Types: Contract

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