Summary: The role of Senior Software Engineer (Golang) involves driving automation and process optimization for a major government program. The position requires strong Golang development skills and the ability to engage with stakeholders to implement automated processes. This is a contract role with an immediate start and potential for extension beyond 2026. The work is primarily remote with occasional travel to Manchester or London required.
Key Responsibilities:
- Building in Golang, creating frameworks to enable scalable automation
- Working with stakeholders to pilot and embed repeatable automated processes
- Shaping automation approaches aligned to defined standards (TS Red Lines)
- Challenging manual processes and identifying where automation adds real value
Key Skills:
- Strong Golang development experience
- Experience building automation frameworks or tooling
- Confident engaging stakeholders and challenging existing processes
- Ability to assess automation vs manual trade-offs
Salary (Rate): £500 daily
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Software Engineer (Golang) - Contract - ASAP start
6 months initial | Outside IR35 | Remote (occasional travel to Manchester/London) | BPSS required
Client: Pixel Global (DWP)
We're looking for a Golang Software Engineer to drive automation and process optimisation across a major government programme
What you'll be doing:
- Building in Golang, creating frameworks to enable scalable automation
- Working with stakeholders to pilot and embed repeatable automated processes
- Shaping automation approaches aligned to defined standards (TS Red Lines)
- Challenging manual processes and identifying where automation adds real value
What we need:
- Strong Golang development experience
- Experience building automation frameworks or tooling
- Confident engaging stakeholders and challenging existing processes
- Ability to assess automation vs manual trade-offs
This is an immediate impact role with strong extension potential beyond 2026. Please click on the link to apply, for consideration. This will be a very quick turnaround role with an immediate start and DBSS and compliance checks. The successful candidate will need to be able to go through this prcess very quickly.