Go Software Engineer

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Sophos

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1985

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Post-IPO Equity on 2021-08

Consulting • Healthcare • Manufacturing

Sophos is a leading cybersecurity company that specializes in protecting businesses against advanced cyber threats. The company offers a comprehensive suite of security solutions, including endpoint protection, managed detection and response (MDR), network security, and cloud security. With a prevention-first approach, Sophos aims to stop ransomware and other cyber threats before they cause harm. Sophos provides services such as threat research, security training, and operational support to ensure robust defense against cyberattacks. Their solutions cater to various industries including finance, healthcare, government, manufacturing, and retail. The Sophos Central platform delivers centralized security management, integrating seamlessly with existing IT infrastructure to enhance security posture.

📋 Description

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain complex software features and services, primarily in Go, with opportunities to contribute to TypeScript-based systems where needed. • Take ownership of the full lifecycle of your work, including technical design, implementation, testing, production support, defect resolution, and iterative improvement. • Lead the delivery of well-defined projects or complex features, breaking work into clear tasks, managing technical risks, and driving execution to agreed timelines and quality standards. • Contribute to design and architecture discussions, helping improve system structure, maintainability, scalability, and operational resilience. • Participate in and lead peer reviews of code, designs, documentation, and test cases, while using modern developer tooling, including AI-assisted tools where appropriate, to improve development efficiency, code quality, and team outcomes. • Support the systems your team owns, including contributing to production support, incident response, and on-call activity where needed, while improving the team development experience and delivery practices through better tooling, test coverage, code structure, observability, continuous improvement, and support for junior engineers through mentoring and knowledge sharing.

🎯 Requirements

• Commercial experience in software engineering, ideally around 5-8 years, with strong practical experience in Go. Experience with TypeScript would be advantageous • Strong experience building and maintaining backend services, preferably in Go, and familiarity with TypeScript and a modern frontend framework such as Angular or React. • Ability to own and deliver well-defined feature work, consistently meeting agreed timelines and quality standards. • Experience writing maintainable, well-tested code, participating in design and code reviews, and contributing to process and quality improvements within the team. • Good understanding of software design, debugging, testing, and operational support in production environments. • Strong problem-solving skills, sound engineering judgement, and the ability to identify risks, resolve ambiguity, and work effectively with other teams when needed. • Experience mentoring or supporting less experienced engineers, contributing positively to team collaboration, and using modern developer tooling, including AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot or Cursor, to improve development efficiency and code quality would be advantageous

🏖️ Benefits

• Sophos operates a remote-first working model, making remote work the primary option for most employees. However, some roles may necessitate a hybrid approach. • Our people – we innovate and create, all of which are accompanied by a great sense of fun and team spirit • Employee-led diversity and inclusion networks that build community and provide education and advocacy • Annual charity and fundraising initiatives and volunteer days for employees to support local communities • Global employee sustainability initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint • Global fitness and trivia competitions to keep our bodies and minds sharp • Global wellbeing days for employees to relax and recharge • Monthly wellbeing webinars and training to support employee health and wellbeing