Platform Engineer (Golang)
Rate: £310 per day (Inside IR35)
Contract: 6 months
Location: Hybrid – 3 days per week onsite in London or Brighton
We’re hiring for a skilled Platform Engineer (Golang) to help deliver secure, scalable, and flexible cloud infrastructure through automation and DevOps best practices. You’ll join a high-performing team working across cloud provisioning, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and container orchestration.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Design and build reusable infrastructure modules and tooling using Golang and Terraform
2. Develop and maintain secure, scalable reference architectures in AWS
3. Support the setup and automation of CI/CD pipelines, testing and release processes
4. Work within Agile teams to deliver fast, high-quality platform solutions
5. Build and manage containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
6. Implement monitoring, self-service tooling, and ephemeral environments to streamline development and operations
7. Produce high-quality documentation and collaborate with cross-functional teams
Key Skills & Experience:
8. Strong software engineering background with expertise in Golang and infrastructure development
9. Proven experience with AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD tooling such as Git and Jenkins
10. Deep understanding of Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native patterns
11. Experience with Docker and scripting for automation
12. Strong focus on code quality, testing, and best practices in a DevOps environment
13. Comfortable working in Agile teams and communicating clearly across engineering, product, and security stakeholders
14. Passionate about improving developer experience and contributing to team knowledge-sharing
Nice to Have:
15. Experience with Kafka, gRPC, GraphQL, or policy-as-code tools like Sentinel or OPA
16. Contributions to internal or open-source platforms
17. Familiarity with building cost-optimized and compliant infrastructure in regulated environments
*Rates depend on experience and client requirements