Senior Golang Engineer

PCR Digital
London, City And County Of the City Of London, United Kingdom
2 weeks ago
£600 – £650 pd

Salary

£600 – £650 pd

Job Type
Contract
Work Pattern
Part-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
28 Apr 2026 (2 weeks ago)

Senior Software Engineer - Golang Information Security

£650 per day - Inside IR35

3 days per week on-site, 2 days WFH

3 Month rolling contract up to 2 years

Job Summary

The Information Security team is responsible for developing services to find and mitigate security risks faced. We are seeking an extraordinary Software Engineer who is passionate about security and can thrive in a fast-paced environment where both individual drive and team collaboration are the keys to success. As part of the Information Security team, you'll be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge services to identify and mitigate security risks.

This is a technical hands-on role that is focused on security across all of the organisation. You'll be working to identify problems, establish a vision for how to address those problems, and unite the relevant owners within the business on achieving that vision.

Description

In this role you will architect and develop distributed and scalable services focused on ensuring high standards of security and ultimately drive continuous improvements for these solutions. Together, our work will be instrumental in maintaining the security of the software development lifecycle.

As a member of the team, you will:

Drive security requirements and architecture into distributed services that play a pivotal role in the development of software.

Lead project initiatives throughout the product development cycle to ensure the highest level of security, while ensuring privacy and ease of use.

Use a wide range of interpersonal and technical skills to champion adoption of our security technologies across the company.

We're seeking candidates who have:

A passion for information security.

Proven experience collaborating with engineering teams to integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle.

Proven experience designing, developing and deploying robust, scalable services and platforms that enable secure operations across an organization.

Proven experience in programming and scripting languages (e.g., Go, Python, Bash, Java, JavaScript).

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science (or similar) with 5+ years of relevant industry experience

Significant experience with Golang and Git/GitHub SCM

Strong experience with coding techniques and standard methodologies for security, performance optimization, and ease-of-use

Experience in utilisation and deployment of cloud technologies in AWS or GCP, experience in container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and microservice architecture

Experience with CI/CD, IaaS and DevOps best practices

Strong test-driven approach to writing code

Excellent problem-solving skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills across multiple levels

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science (or similar) 7+ years of relevant industry experience

Experience with AI/ML and LLM's

Experience with application tracing, monitoring, analysis and visualizations through analytics dashboards

Passion for high-quality code, tests, CI/CD, documentation, and production services

Track record of driving improvements in code quality, performance, etc.

Experience leveraging ORMs to interact with databases efficiently

Familiarity with Python, Java, Swift, C, C++ and/or Objective-C; and JavaScript and/or Typescript/React is a plus

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