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Cloud Golang Developers in United Kingdom







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Software Engineer (Game Operations)
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
Senior Software Engineer
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
Lead Cloud Native Engineer
- 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
Lead Software Engineer
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
Senior Software Engineer
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
Staff Software Engineer
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
Senior Software Engineer
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
Senior Golang Backend Engineer
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
Self Employed
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
Senior Software Engineer Contractor
Built high-throughput Go services for financial, payment, and social-platform workloads on GCP. Developed real-time abuse detection using Kafka, Go, and Python, plus vector-based photo similarity search on AlloyDB for trust-and-safety moderation.
- Used Bigtable for low-latency key-value access
- Deployed infrastructure through Terraform-managed GCP resources
- Implemented analytics pipelines with BigQuery and dbt
- Designed reliability practices for Cloud Run services
Technical Consultant
Designed and implemented high-performance XML processing systems for large-scale data transformations. Specialized in SQL-based systems for enterprise-level data management solutions. Developed custom Linux kernel modules for optimized network performance.
- Architected XML Schema validation for financial data exchanges
- Optimized database queries for improved transaction throughput
- Implemented XSLT transformations for dynamic content rendering
Senior Software Engineer
Expert in developing VoIP solutions with SIP and RTP protocols in C/C++. Engineered scalable communication platforms supporting thousands of concurrent connections. Integrated Golang for backend services enhancing protocol handling efficiency.
- Optimized RTP stack for low-latency audio streaming
- Designed SIP-based call routing algorithms
- Enhanced VoIP security features with encryption protocols
Full Stack Software Engineer
Architected full-stack solutions using Go for high-traffic web applications, ensuring seamless integration between backend services and front-end interfaces. Led database optimization projects, improving query efficiency in SQL-driven systems.
- Developed complex UI components with React for dynamic dashboards
- Migrated legacy PHP applications to scalable Node.js services
- Enhanced performance of SQL databases through advanced indexing