Golang Testing Jobs in United Kingdom

Job Description

Core platform

When we refer to the "core platform", we mean the services which underpin the processes of all insurance activities on our system.

For example, we expect one of these to be the "policy service", which might be responsible for ensuring compliant issuance of policies, coordinating mid-term adjustments, preventing overlapping policies (double insurance), etc.

Other services could include user authentication, risk & pricing calculation, handling the process of modifying user data in-line with any mid-term adjustment requirements.

All services we consider to be part of the core platform will have strict requirements around stability, data integrity and transactional safety. All functionality must fail safely and explicitly, for example using 2-phase commit processes or other similar techniques. This will also require a reasonable level of testing to validate this safety.

Requirements

The perfect addition to our team will have:

• a fiercely independent and self-driven approach
• 5+ years' commercial experience working on back-end systems at high-scale startups
• at least a year of commercial experience working with Go
• strong knowledge of security practices, ideally with a slightly grey-hat background
• a working knowledge of the entire web stack - from how DNS lookups are transmitted, to how browsers prioritize CSS rules
• awareness of compliance and financial regulation

We are a small team so it is important that the successful candidate is not only technically highly competent, but also a great cultural fit!

Perks & Benefits

As well as a competitive salary (£60-75k, dependent on experience) and equity based remuneration, benefits of working at Cuvva include working in our new offices in Shoreditch and of course significant savings on your car insurance.

Job Description

About Us

Brightcove is the leading online video platform that powers the video for many of the UK and the world’s largest media companies including BBC Worldwide, UKTV, Channel 4, Ford, Viacom, ESPN, and The New York Times.

As a Software Engineer, you will help deliver a service that touches millions of people around the world by serving over a billion video streams each month.

Our Team

The ‘Dynamic Delivery’ team work on a highly scalable, multi-region set of microservices that are responsible for delivering video to millions of consumers around the world.

We’re a small team, so you’ll have a high degree of autonomy and input into design decisions. We also offer a competitive salary, flexible working environment and encourage learning and career development.

Our Technology

The Dynamic Delivery platform has been developed from scratch over the past two years and is almost 100% written in Go, with functional tests written in Ruby/Cucumber and deployed using containers onto public cloud infrastructure.

You

• Have 2+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Have experience with deploying software to cloud services
• Understand the reasons for and best practices around testing and are familiar with TDD and BDD
• Have a good understanding of HTTP
• Have experience taking ownership of a service from design to deployment
• Can take into account scaling, cost and performance considerations when designing a service
• Stay abreast of developments and best practices within the technologies you use

You - Bonus Points

• Have written Golang in production
• Have used and deployed containerised software
• Have worked with CDNs
• Have experience with video streaming technologies (HLS / MPEG DASH / Microsoft Smooth Streaming).
• Have an understanding of H.264 and AAC
• Have an understanding of video container formats, specifically MP4 (and fMP4/ISOBMFF) and MPEG TS.
• Have an understanding of common DRM technologies, specifically Widevine Modular, Playready and Fairplay.

Location

Lacon House is situated in Central London, nestled between world-leading media companies and the capital's thriving tech scene.

The nearest Underground stations are Holborn and Russell Square.