Software Engineer (Golang/iOS)

Software Engineer (Golang / iOS)

12 Month contract

Bristol (Hybrid) 2-3 days per week on site

£500-800 per day - Depending on level of experience

We're looking for engineers who enjoy building the platforms, APIs and framework components that power mobile applications at scale.

This role combines backend engineering, cloud-native development and iOS framework development, giving engineers the opportunity to work across Go microservices, Kubernetes infrastructure, API platforms and reusable iOS SDKs.

On the job responsibilities

Designing and developing REST and gRPC APIs used by digital products.

Building scalable microservices using Golang.

Creating and maintaining reusable iOS frameworks and SDKs using Swift.

Deploying and supporting applications on Kubernetes.

Automating build, deployment and infrastructure processes through CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.

Improving platform reliability, observability and security.

Collaborating with architects, product teams and engineers across the wider business.

Supporting engineering best practice, code quality and technical standards.

Key Skills

Backend Development

Golang (Go)

REST APIs

gRPC

Microservices architecture

API design and versioning

iOS Development

Swift

iOS Frameworks

SDK Development

Swift Package Manager

Mobile security and accessibility

Cloud & Platform Engineering

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD & DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Cloud automation

Data & Messaging

PostgreSQL

NoSQL Databases

Kafka

Event-driven architectures

Observability & Reliability

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Monitoring and Performance Optimisation

Desirable experience

Banking or Financial Services experience.

Open Banking exposure.

Experience building shared frameworks or engineering platforms.

AWS, Azure or GCP experience.

Kubernetes certifications (CKA/CKAD).