Backend Software Engineer Go - Tech for Good

In this role you will grow and maintain scalable backend services for a renewable energy platform. You’ll work in a cross-functional Agile team to automate energy trading, process telemetry data, and power dispatch systems, while exposing capabilities through APIs. You’ll shape technical direction, mentor engineers, and contribute to an event-driven architecture and CI/CD practices. This position offers hybrid London work, exposure to modern tech, and a direct impact on accelerating a sustainable energy future. You will collaborate with stakeholders to balance long-term strategy with pragmatic delivery.

• Salary to 95k
• 25 days holidays plus public holidays
• carry over flex
• festive office closure
• Enhanced parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Build and maintain scalable backend services for energy trading and telemetry processing
• Develop and manage dispatch and control systems interfacing with low-level platforms
• Expose platform capabilities through web applications and public APIs
• Contribute to event-driven architecture and CI/CD practices using GitLab
• Shape technical direction and share best practices; mentor other engineers
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to navigate evolving priorities

• Go or experience with other OO languages; keen to work with Go
• Cloud-native development experience on AWS
• Experience with microservices and CI/CD
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Good knowledge of database technologies and event-driven architectures
• Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Flexible mindset to navigate uncertainty and changing priorities

• strong communication
• problem-solving mindset
• flexible/adaptable
• Go / Golang
• AWS cloud-native development
• microservices