Contract Software Engineer (Golang)

As a Senior Software Engineer at YLD, you ll be part of a client team building innovative products. We re looking for someone curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You should be skilled in problem-solving and experienced in designing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures. You re also an effective communicator and a strong team player. Together with your team, you ll thrive in a fast-paced engineering environment, delivering outstanding results and exciting projects.

Preferred Skills

• 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;
• Use AI tools to augment your work, applying sound judgement to adopt emerging technologies where they genuinely add value and increase your impact as an engineer.

You should apply if you are

• Self-motivated, proactive and always looking for ways to improve and develop yourself;
• A good communicator, both in writing and verbally. You ll be able to explain technical ideas and concepts in business-friendly language;
• Detail-oriented;
• Possess strong problem-solving skills that balance innovation with pragmatic technology choices to solve business needs;
• Used to working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment;
• Analytical and problem-solving-oriented;
• A genuine believer in diversity and fairness.
• Willingness to participate in a flexible on-call rota, responding to and resolving critical production incidents.