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AA-7108 Staff Recently added

Software Engineer (Game Operations)

United Kingdom
9 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Engineered Go and gRPC microservices with Kafka-backed distributed pipelines supporting live workloads of up to 100,000 concurrent users. Refactored C# monoliths into cloud-native services across AWS, GCP, and Azure, with emphasis on reliability and observability.

  • RabbitMQ event processing
  • Redis-backed high-frequency data flows
  • Terraform Kubernetes infrastructure
  • Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and Jaeger monitoring
GoGo FiberGo GingRPCC#C/C++
Interviewing now £45k-60k/yr
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SJ-1152 Senior Recently added

Software Engineer (Go / Rust)

United Kingdom
7 years
Flexible

Built Go and Rust services for live AI sign-language video, covering SRT and RTMP ingest through low-latency HLS and DASH delivery on AWS and Kubernetes. Implemented reconnectable ingest sessions, PCM audio extraction, AWS MediaLive relays, CMAF fragmented MP4, and synchronized manifests.

  • Picture-in-picture live composition
  • FFmpeg-based media processing
  • CloudFront video distribution
  • Terraform-managed streaming infrastructure
GoRustTypeScriptJavaScriptNode.jsC#
Available in 1 month Salary on request
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Lead Cloud Native Engineer

United Kingdom
6 years
Remote
Employee
Experienced software engineer with strong background in distributed systems and cloud-native architecture. Proven track record delivering production systems at scale. Skilled in designing fault-tolerant services, optimising CI/CD pipelines, and mentoring junior developers across cross-functional teams.
  • Led migration of monolithic system to microservices architecture
  • Built high-throughput data pipeline processing 1M+ events per second
  • Designed and implemented real-time monitoring and alerting platform
GoKubernetesTerraformAWSPrometheusHelmDockerArgoCD
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NS-6760 Lead

Senior Software Engineer

United Kingdom
24 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Architected distributed systems for large-scale data processing in cloud environments. Spearheaded the development of an event-driven microservices architecture, optimizing real-time data flow. Innovated in database internals, enhancing query performance and reliability.

  • Implemented serverless solutions on AWS for scalable applications
  • Designed React-based interactive dashboards for complex data visualization
  • Optimized C# backend services for high-frequency trading platforms
AWSGolangReactTypeScriptC#Java
Available in 2 months £75k-85k/yr
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SD-6765 Senior

Senior Software Engineer

United Kingdom
8 years

Expert in building enterprise-level applications using Golang and Java, with a focus on object-oriented design principles. Developed backend systems and APIs for large-scale transactional systems. Integrated modern front-end frameworks like React and Angular for seamless user interfaces.

  • Designed fault-tolerant systems with Spring Boot
  • Implemented caching strategies for improved application performance
  • Developed test-driven development practices for software reliability
GolangJavaSpring BootOOPSReactAngular
Salary on request
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GB-7400 Lead

Lead Software Engineer

United Kingdom
15 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Designed Go services for an EV-charging platform covering authorization, billing, charging analytics, cost calculation, and financial reconciliation. Applied CQRS, transactional outbox, and event sourcing to scale transaction processing tenfold while maintaining 99.99% availability.

  • Built AWS infrastructure with Terraform and Docker
  • Delivered Java distributed systems for fintech workloads
  • Implemented GitHub Actions deployment pipelines
  • Architected public-sector and energy cloud platforms
GoJavaAWSTerraformDockerGitHub Actions
Available in 1 month $110k-125k/yr
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WK-2454 Staff

Member of Technical Staff

United Kingdom
8 years
On-site
Employee

Developed distributed microservices for high-traffic financial systems using Golang and Kubernetes. Architected a real-time analytics platform for processing large-scale data streams in AWS. Engineered a robust CI/CD pipeline leveraging Helm and Jsonnet for automated deployments.

  • Optimized Rust-based backend for latency-sensitive trading applications
  • Implemented Kubernetes operators for dynamic resource management
  • Designed scalable cloud infrastructure with AWS CloudFormation
  • Integrated service mesh for secure microservice communication
RustGolangKubernetesJsonnetHelmAWS
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CR-4663 Senior

Senior Engineer (Engineering Lead)

United Kingdom
6 years
Hybrid
Employee

Built game-server cloud infrastructure on GCP using GKE, Helm, Terraform, and CloudSQL, reducing operating costs by 30%. Designed an Ambassador/Envoy conditional-routing plugin that delivered requests at five times production load while consuming under 15% of the latency budget.

  • Refactored Go APIs to make invalid error states unrepresentable
  • Reduced production log errors by approximately 20%
  • Optimized Jenkins workflows for non-engineering operators
  • Implemented OpenTelemetry, Loki, Grafana, and Datadog observability
GoPythonJavaTypeScriptJavaScriptPostgres
Available in 3+ months £85k-95k/yr
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SK-6222 Senior

Senior Software Engineer

United Kingdom
7 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Developed scalable backend architectures integrating machine learning models for predictive analytics. Spearheaded Web3 development initiatives focusing on decentralized applications and blockchain technology.

  • Optimized backend systems for high-load environments
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines for rapid deployment
  • Engineered systems programming solutions for performance-critical applications
GooglingBackend DevelopmentDevOpsMachine LearningSystems ProgrammingWeb3 Development
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AT-8435 Lead

Staff Software Engineer

United Kingdom
18 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Helped establish a greenfield Go microservices platform by defining foundational services, data models, reusable packages, and architectural conventions. Built cloud-native backend components using gRPC, event-driven messaging, PostgreSQL optimization, and AWS-managed services.

  • Implemented GraphQL APIs alongside REST interfaces
  • Profiled Go services with pprof and Datadog APM
  • Built GitOps delivery on EKS and Kubernetes
  • Applied DynamoDB and Redis for low-latency access
GoCC++PythonPHPBash
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JC-3505 Senior

Azure DevOps Engineer

United Kingdom
5 years

Architected cloud-native microservices and event-driven platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP using domain-driven design and infrastructure-as-code. Designed modular REST APIs and containerized deployments backed by SQL, NoSQL, and distributed messaging services.

  • Provisioned infrastructure with Terraform and CloudFormation
  • Operated workloads on Kubernetes and Docker
  • Built pipelines with Jenkins and Ansible
  • Used Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana observability
Microservices ArchitectureDomain-Driven DesignEvent-Driven ArchitectureRESTful Web ServicesAPI DesignScalable System Design
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JD-1389 Senior

Senior Software Engineer

United Kingdom
7 years
Flexible
Employee / Freelancer

Built concurrent Go services using goroutines, channels, gRPC, protocol buffers, and NATS for event-driven backend architectures. Implemented a zero-downtime ASP/MSSQL-to-Node.js/PostgreSQL migration for a platform serving more than 500,000 users, including a Go record-transformation service.

  • Debugged race conditions with Go testing tools
  • Implemented event transport with RabbitMQ and Kafka
  • Applied profiling and performance tuning to services
  • Secured APIs with JWT, OAuth2, RBAC, and TLS
GogoroutineschannelsgRPCNATSprotocol buffers
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JQ-1381 Lead

Senior Golang Backend Engineer

United Kingdom
10 years
Remote
Employee / Freelancer

Architected microservices for distributed systems, ensuring high availability with AWS. Engineered event-driven architectures utilizing Kafka for real-time data processing.

  • Optimized PostgreSQL queries for large-scale data environments
  • Led migration from monolithic to microservices architecture
  • Implemented robust logging and monitoring solutions
GolangMicroservices ArchitectureDistributed SystemsKafkaPostgreSQLAWS
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HK-3314 Lead

Self Employed

United Kingdom
21 years
Remote
Freelancer

Led the development of a real-time IoT data processing platform using Golang and Node.js, achieving high availability and fault tolerance. Spearheaded the creation of a scalable cloud-based infrastructure for a SaaS application.

  • Implemented serverless architecture with AWS Lambda
  • Developed custom plugins for data visualization tools
  • Built a CI/CD pipeline for automated deployments
GolangNode.jsTypeScriptJavaScriptPHPPython
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AS-4042 Senior

Senior Software Engineer

United Kingdom
8 years
Flexible
Employee

Developed a distributed ledger system leveraging Golang for high-frequency trading applications, optimizing transaction processing with a latency reduction of 20%. Spearheaded the design of a fault-tolerant microservices architecture for a cloud-based healthcare platform, ensuring high availability and scalability. Engineered a real-time analytics pipeline using Kafka and Golang, processing over 10 million events per day for a large-scale e-commerce platform.

  • Integrated Golang with PostgreSQL for scalable database solutions
  • Built a Kubernetes-based orchestration for microservices deployment
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Docker
  • Optimized memory management in high-load C++ applications
GolangJavaKotlinC++PythonPostgreSQL
Available in 2 weeks £90k-120k/yr
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