Backend Engineer (Golang) - Grow into a Senior Role
1 day ago
Birmingham
Location: UK (Remote / Hybrid) Salary: Depending on experience About KYP KYP builds real-time risk intelligence for financial institutions. Our platform delivers live risk scores and alerts using consortium data, enabling customers to proactively manage financial, regulatory, and reputational risk. We’re an award-winning, VC-backed FinTech / RegTech startup, growing fast and trusted by regulated organisations. Engineering quality is at the core of everything we do - we value clean design, strong ownership, and systems that scale. The Opportunity We’re looking for a Go Backend Engineer who wants to level up into a senior engineer over the next 12–24 months. You’ll work on mission-critical, data-intensive systems and be trusted with real ownership from day one. This is not a “ticket-factory” role, you’ll be involved in design decisions, architecture discussions, and performance optimisation, with direct exposure to the CTO and senior engineers. If you enjoy solving complex backend problems, learning modern cloud-native architecture, and want a clear path toward senior responsibility, this role is for you. Responsibilities • Design, build, test and maintain high-performance Go microservices, • Own features end-to-end - from system design through to production, • Work on scalable, event-driven and data-heavy services powering real-time risk scoring, • Collaborate closely with frontend, data, and product teams to ship impactful features, • Improve system performance, reliability, and observability, • Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical decision-making, • Learn and apply best practices in cloud-native development (Azure, Kubernetes, Docker), • Gradually take on mentorship and technical leadership as you grow toward a senior role Tech Stack • Backend: Golang (primary), Node.js, Python, • Frontend: React, • Databases: MongoDB, MS SQL (Neo4j is a plus), • Cloud: Azure, • Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, microservices architecture, • Tools: Git, Jira, Confluence, Slack What We’re Looking For You don’t need to tick every box. We care about strong fundamentals and a growth mindset. Essential: • 3 - 5 years of backend engineering experience, • Commercial experience with Go / Golang, • Strong understanding of API design, data modelling, and service-to-service communication, • Experience working across the full software development lifecycle, • Familiarity with microservices architecture and common design patterns, • Excellent English and clear communication skills Nice to Have: • Exposure to Node.js, React, or data engineering, • Experience with MongoDB, MS SQL, or graph databases, • Cloud experience (Azure preferred, AWS/GCP also relevant), • Interest in FinTech, RegTech, or high-scale SaaS platforms Why Join KYP? • A chance to step into a senior engineer role with hands-on mentorship and real opportunities for personal and professional growth., • Real ownership and influence over system design, • Direct access to leadership - your ideas matter, • Work on meaningful, real-world problems in regulated industries, • Modern tech stack with strong engineering standards If you’re a backend engineer who wants to go deeper technically, take on more responsibility, and grow into a senior role, we’d love to hear from you.