Senior Backend Engineer, Go (Contract) | C# to Go Large-Scale Migration, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | £400-450/day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | 6-Month Contract
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Senior Backend Engineer, Go (Contract) | C# to Go Large-Scale Migration, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | £400-450/day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | 6-Month Contract We’re hiring multiple Senior Go Backend Engineers (contractors) to join a large-scale public sector transformation programme delivered by a highly regarded product consultancy. This work is focused on moving critical systems away from a legacy C# ecosystem into a modern, scalable, cloud-native architecture. You’ll be joining cross-functional teams responsible for building resilient backend services that support high-impact, user-facing products used at national scale. This is a 6-month initial contract, ideal for engineers who enjoy working on meaningful systems, solving complex migration challenges, and delivering production-grade backend services, fast. The Role | Senior Backend Engineer, Go (Contract) | C# to Go Large-Scale Migration, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | £400-450/day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | 6-Month Contract This is a hands-on backend engineering role with a strong focus on system design, scalability, and delivery. You’ll be expected to: • Build and scale backend services using Go within a cloud-native AWS environment, • Contribute to the migration of legacy C# systems into modern distributed architectures, • Design and develop APIs and event-driven systems, • Work closely with product, design, and other engineers in cross-functional teams, • Apply modern engineering practices including TDD, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code, • Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested production code, • Contribute to architectural decisions balancing performance, scalability, and delivery timelines, • Support continuous improvement through code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing This role suits engineers who enjoy working on real-world systems at scale and are comfortable navigating complexity in modernisation programmes. Technical Requirements | Senior Backend Engineer, Go (Contract) | C# to Go Large-Scale Migration, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | £400-450/day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | 6-Month Contract Strong, recent experience with: • Backend development using Go (Golang) in production environments, • Designing and building scalable APIs and distributed systems, • AWS cloud services (e.g. Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS), • SQL and data modelling (relational databases), • Working within microservices or event-driven architectures, • CI/CD pipelines and modern delivery practices, • Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform or similar), • Test-driven development and automated testing strategies, • Observability, performance tuning, and system reliability Nice to Have • Experience migrating legacy systems (e.g. C#/.NET to Go), • Exposure to containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), • Experience in public sector or highly regulated environments, • Familiarity with event streaming (Kafka, SNS/SQS, etc.) Why This Contract Stands Out | Senior Go Backend Engineer (B2B, Contract) | Golang, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | Large-Scale Migration Programme | £400–450/day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | 6-Month Contract • £400-450 per day, • Outside IR35, • Fully remote within the UK, • Long-term programme with strong likelihood of extension, • Opportunity to work on systems with real national impact, • Modern tech environment with strong engineering practices, • Product-led teams with a pragmatic delivery culture This isn’t a greenfield fantasy, it’s a high-impact backend role focused on modernising critical systems and delivering software that genuinely matters at scale. If interested, in the Senior Go Backend Engineer (B2B, Contract) | Golang, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | Large-Scale Migration Programme | £400–450/day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | 6-Month Contract please apply here and WE will back get to you if it's a good fit for the client. :)