Golang Developer (with Java experience)

Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services. 

 We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of  what we do: 

• UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner 
• 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business 
• 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK 
• Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW 
• Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW 

We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!. 

Job Description

• Work collaboratively with product owners, business analysts, technical architects, UX/UI designers, and other team members to understand business requirements and drive the solution design and development of our digital products.
• Ensure code meets the requirements and is in accordance with our architectural and coding standards and patterns.
• Optimising applications using best practices for performance.
• Propose any upgrades and updates necessary for keeping up with modern security and the development of best practices.
• Contribute to our shared component libraries and build modular and reusable components and libraries.
• Provide mentorship for more junior members of the team and share knowledge of your skillsets out to the wider team

Qualifications

• 7+ years of solid experience with 3+ years of relevant experience in Go (Golang), especially in production environments. You should be familiar with common design patterns, concurrency, testing, and the core language features and feel confident using them.
• Prior software development experience with Java or Python is mandatory.
• Experience with messaging systems like Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ, including designing and implementing event-driven architectures for scalable and reliable communication between services.
• Strong background in building enterprise-wide software solutions in multi-technology environments and a solid understanding of the impact of changes on the environment.
• Familiarity with database concepts, relational SQL, and No-SQL as a plus.
• Basic HTML/CSS skills, ideally with some exposure to TailwindCSS is desirable
• Basic JavaScript and familiarity with Alpine.js is desirable
• Experience developing REST-based APIs.
• Basic knowledge with DevOps principles and CI/CD tools (such as Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, Docker).
• Knowledge of developing solutions on AWS cloud platform with familiarity in services such as serverless functions, databases, storage, and compute resources is desirable.
• Ability to articulate points and provide summaries and explanations of technical concepts.
• Prior experience working in financial services would be helpful.
• Strong analytical skills for diagnosing and troubleshooting potential system issues to process a solution.
• Ability to build a network of relationships across the organization, obtain a detailed understanding of internal clients’ needs and drive organization wide design concepts gaining buy in and support of stakeholders.
• Flexibility to work with different programming languages and willing to learn new technologies as required by the project.

Additional Information

Why Version 1? 

 At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability. 

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits 
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme 
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance 
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme 
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies 
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat 
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform. 
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes. 

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.    

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer. 

We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and lived experiences, and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. 

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process, please contact your recruiter at Version 1. We will consider all requests carefully, respectfully and confidentially. 

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