Lead Backend Software Engineer Go API Messaging

Client Server

📍 London, England, United-Kingdom

Full-time Other-General Posted March 02, 2026

Job Description

Lead Backend Software Engineer / Developer (Go API Messaging) London onsite

Are you a senior, backend focussed Software Engineer with strong Go / Golang coding skills and real-time messaging experience?

You could be progressing your career in a hands-on Lead Backend Software Engineer role at a global cryptocurrency market data and trade execution technology company that is experiencing great success and is growing as a result, the systems currently deal with multiple billions of events per month.

As a Lead Backend Software Engineer you will work on cutting edge systems that handle a million messages per second from a diverse range of external APIs within a high performance data pipeline. You'll design and implement high throughput data services with a focus on scalability, reliability and performance, taking ownership of projects and collaborating with data and infrastructure teams you'll ensure seamless integration and efficient workflows.

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