Golang Developer

S-RM is recruiting a Golang Developer to play a key role in the development and maintenance of products for our Corporate Intelligence team.

WHO ARE WE S-RM is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy. Since 2005, we’ve helped companies, governments and private individuals solve some of their most complex challenges.

We’ve been able to do this because of our outstanding people. We’re committed to developing bright, curious, enthusiastic people who want to think critically, solve complex problems, and achieve success.

But we also know that work isn’t everything. It’s about the lives and careers it helps us build. We’re immensely proud of this culture and we invest in our people’s wellbeing, learning, and ideas every day.

We’re excited you’re thinking about joining us.

THE ROLE This role will be working as part of a larger software team supporting our Corporate Intelligence team in the development of complex intelligence software products.

We expect that the following will be component of the key responsibilities for this position:

• Design, build, and maintain backend services in Golang and front‑end features using React.
• Build and evolve APIs to integrate multiple external data providers.
• Use OpenSearch for searching, indexing, and analytics use cases.
• Deploy and operate services on AWS, following best practices.
• Work with large datasets, focusing on performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate closely with the Product Manager to break down requirements and deliver incremental value.
• Work alongside the DevOps team on deployment, observability and automations.
• Take ownership of features from design through to production and ongoing improvement.
• Ensure high code quality through unit tests, integration tests, and other testing strategies.
• Contribute to technical discussions and help improve engineering standards across the team.

The role will be based in our London office (remote).

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR We think candidates with the following skills and experience are likely to succeed as a Golang Engineer at S-RM.

That said, if you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box—we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas and have some interest and capabilities in others.

We’re looking for someone that can adapt to change and work comfortably in a fast-paced environment, this person will have some or all these skills:

• Degree level education in a computer science, maths or related numerate subject, OR equivalent practical experience.
• Proven experience as a Software Engineer with Golang, practical experience in building front‑end applications with React.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, e.g. ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, IAM, Open Search or similar.
• Solid understanding of working with large data volumes.
• Strong testing mindset, including unit tests, integration tests, awareness of other testing strategies (e.g. contract, end‑to‑end).
• Experience in microservice architecture, experience in applying AI / ML techniques or working with AI‑driven systems, familiarity with data pipelines or analytics platforms.

Any of the following personal skills would be very beneficial in this position:

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently in a small, agile team.
• Well,‑organised with strong attention to detail.
• Delivery‑focused, balancing speed with reliability and long‑term maintainability.
• A proven ability to work from idea to a working feature.
• Able to evaluate new technologies pragmatically rather than adopting trends for their own sake.
• Strong communication skills and ability to communicate with business stakeholders to understand the problems and contribute to technical discussions.

The successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK by the start of their employment.

BENEFITS We offer thoughtful, balanced rewards and support to help our people do their best work and live their lives outside it; this includes but is not exhaustive of:

• 25 days holiday per year in addition to bank holidays (+1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 30 days in total);
• Hybrid working and flexible working hours;
• Matching pension contribution up to 7% (up to a maximum of 14% combine…