Senior Software Engineer, Go

Form3

Senior Software Engineer developing cloud-native microservices for real-time payments platform at Form3. Collaborating in autonomous teams to design, build, and support scalable payment systems.

Posted 6/8/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £90,000 - £140,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsGoKubernetesMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Designing, building, and running cloud-native microservices in Go that are the backbone of our real-time payments platform
Building systems that are highly available, low-latency, and scalable, handling billions of payment requests with precision and resilience
Taking full ownership of services: from initial design and implementation to deployment and production support
Working with a mindset where cost-efficiency, observability, and operational excellence are core to how we build
Collaborating closely with other engineers in a flat, autonomous team structure, with a strong focus on code quality, simplicity, and continuous improvement
Working with modern tooling and technologies such as Golang, Kubernetes, CockroachDB and NATS JetStream in a highly automated DevOps environment

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep understanding of designing and building distributed systems
Enjoys working on complex challenges within critical software where high performance and robustness are essential
Familiarity with cloud and containerisation technologies, test automation tools and CI/CD pipelines
Interest in owning projects end-to-end and supporting them as they go live in production
Appreciation of clean code and software engineering best-practice
Experience with Go, along with a “right tool for the job” mentality
Great communication skills who enjoy sharing knowledge and collaborating with others

Benefits

Comp & perks

Access to wider benefits package
Support for equipment needed to work remotely

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Hard Skills & Tools

Godistributed systemscloud-native microservicestest automationCI/CD pipelinescode qualitysoftware engineering best practicesscalabilitylow-latency systemshigh availability

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationownershipproblem-solvingcontinuous improvementmindset for cost-efficiencyobservabilityoperational excellenceknowledge sharingsimplicity