Golang Developer

About us: At Dabster, we are your one-stop destination for talent acquisition and digital innovation. Our customized, scalable talent solutions empower organizations to concentrate on their core business while we…

Pay rate £342 – £385/day
Contract type Contract
Posted 5 October 2026

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About this contract

About us:

At Dabster, we are your one-stop destination for talent acquisition and digital innovation. Our customized, scalable talent solutions empower organizations to concentrate on their core business while we expertly match the right talent to the right roles.

Who will you work with:

Partnering with a global technology leader that is driving innovation across cloud, data, AI, and enterprise solutions. They offer an exciting environment for professionals who want to contribute to impactful digital transformation projects and work on cutting-edge technology initiatives.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Tech Lead with strong expertise in Golang, microservices, cloud-native technologies, and high-performance systems to join a global payments technology environment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and developing scalable payment solutions, driving technical architecture, and providing technical leadership to distributed engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

* Design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices using Golang for global payment platforms.

* Architect and optimize high-performance systems capable of handling large transaction volumes and low-latency processing.

* Design and develop RESTful APIs and gRPC-based services.

* Drive technical architecture, solution design, and implementation of complex enterprise applications.

* Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and automate infrastructure using Terraform.

* Work with Docker and Kubernetes in cloud-native environments.

* Implement secure development and infrastructure practices, including PAM and Teleport.

* Work with relational and NoSQL databases such as SQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB.

* Provide technical leadership, code reviews, mentoring, and guidance to engineers across distributed teams.

* Collaborate with engineering, architecture, security, and product teams to deliver reliable solutions.

Required Technical Skills

* 10+ years of software development experience.

* Strong, hands-on expertise in Golang (Go).

* Experience with microservices architecture.

* Strong knowledge of REST APIs and gRPC.

* Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

* Hands-on experience with Jenkins / CI-CD.

* Strong knowledge of Terraform; Ansible or Chef is an advantage.

* Experience with SQL/PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB.

* Good understanding of cloud-native application development and infrastructure.

* Experience with Java/Spring Boot or Python is an advantage.

* Strong understanding of security and access management, including PAM/Teleport

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