Senior Backend Engineer (Go)

Remote-First | Up to £130,000 + Bonus + Equity

We're partnering with one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity companies in the market. Already operating at unicorn status and on track to reach approximately $400M ARR by the end of 2026, the business continues to scale rapidly across the UK and globall

y.
With around 450 employees worldwide, a profitable foundation, and plans to hire over 200 additional team members this year, this is an opportunity to join a high-growth company at a pivotal stage of its journ

ey.
As part of a major platform transformation, the engineering team is rebuilding critical systems from the ground up, embracing AI-native development practices and migrating services to Go. The focus is on creating highly scalable distributed systems while driving platform performance towards sub-50ms late

ncy.
The Opport

unity
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll play a key role in shaping the next generation of the platfo

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  Building and scaling high-performance backend service
• s in GoDesigning and delivering distributed systems capable of handling significant scale and
• thuputDriving performance optimisation and low-latency architecture init
• iativesContributing to the modernisation and rewrite of core platform s
• ervicesCollaborating closely with platform, infrastructure, and product engi

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  Skills
  Strong commercial experience developing backend systems ideally with Go (Would consider Java o
• r Python)5+ years' experience building scalable, distributed app
• licationsDeep understanding of concurrency, systems design, and performance opt
• imisationExperience working on low-latency and/or high-throughput
• platformsComfortable operating in fast-moving, high-growth env
• ironmentsInterest in AI-assisted development and modern en

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  PackageUp to £135,000 base salary, bonus, equity - Remote first with the expectation to travel to London 2-3 times