Senior Software Engineer (Golang)

Location: Remote; role associated with London, Hursley, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Some travel may be required based on business demand.

Company

hirify.global Cloud Platform, operated within IBM Software, provides a cloud-native platform as a service for streaming data infrastructure based on Apache Kafka.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and maintain Golang infrastructure services, typically as Kubernetes operators, for hirify.global Cloud foundations.
• Build the hirify.global Cloud Platform as part of a broader engineering organization.
• Own availability, performance, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning for the cloud platform.
• Influence architecture and operational design for large-scale, secure, and reliable data systems.
• Work with Terraform, Datadog, Prometheus, Linux, public cloud infrastructure, and networking.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in computer science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Relevant cloud infrastructure and cloud networking experience.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development.
• Experience building and operating large-scale systems.
• Solid understanding of disk, networking, operating systems, and other basic systems operations.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, C++, or another statically typed language.
• Experience or knowledge with public clouds such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Ability to work independently and effectively in a team.

Nice to have

• Experience with Golang.
• Experience using Apache Kafka.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement with some travel possible based on business demand.
• Regular on-call responsibilities.
• Professional employment with opportunities for continuous learning, development, and collaboration.
• IBM supports an inclusive workplace and equal-opportunity employment.