Senior Backend Developer

Waracle is looking for a Senior Developer to join our world-class digital technology consultancy. We are home to a diverse, smart, curious, and ambitious community of specialists in technology-driven transformation.

We work with ambitious clients to help them solve their biggest business and customer challenges. We help our clients to innovate and create intelligent digital products and services. We thrive on complex challenges and deliver business-critical IT transformation projects, moving seamlessly from strategy, design, and delivery to operations.

This is a Hybrid role working from the Bristol office 2 days a week.

Are you a technical leader who thrives on building elegant solutions to complex problems? As a Senior Developer at Waracle, you will be a cornerstone of our engineering practice. We are looking for a collaborative mentor and a guardian of quality who is passionate about designing scalable backend systems and empowering others to grow. If you enjoy balancing high-level architectural thinking with hands-on coding and believe that great software is built through diverse perspectives and collective growth, we want to hear from you.

• Architectural Leadership: You will design and deliver end-to-end backend subsystems, ensuring code remains modular, maintainable, and scalable.
• Quality & Security Advocacy: You’ll act as a guardian of quality, conducting peer reviews and applying defensive measures to ensure robust application security.
• Technical Mentorship: You will guide the testing strategy and mentor colleagues in both craft and process, fostering a supportive environment for continuous learning.
• Consultative Communication: You’ll explain technical trade-offs in plain language and present confident demos to our clients and stakeholders.
• Practice Growth: You will contribute to Waracle’s body of knowledge, sharing lessons learned and introducing new industry ideas to the practice.

We believe in work-life harmony and being transparent about how we work. To ensure our releases are supported smoothly, this role involves a predictable, rotating shift pattern just two days a month
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• Rotation: On these two days, you’ll work either 6 AM – 2 PM or 12 PM – 8 PM
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  Aside from these two pre-planned days, all other working time follows our standard business hours.

• Core Backend Expertise:
  Deep technical skill in building and scaling secure Go (Golang) systems in high-traffic environments.
• Polyglot Mindset:
  Advanced hands-on experience in at least one other major programming language, allowing you to contribute across diverse stacks.
• Cloud-Native Proficiency:
  Strong experience with Kubernetes and Helm for managing fault-tolerant, containerised applications.
• Engineering Excellence: A passion for clean code, comprehensive testing (unit, integration, and service-level), and rigorous code reviews.
• Collaborative Problem Solving:
  The ability to navigate complex technical trade-offs while balancing speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.
• Agile Delivery:
  Extensive experience driving the full Agile lifecycle and building robust Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines.

• Initial Chat: You’ll start with a call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner to talk about Waracle, your aspirations, salary, and benefits.
• Three-Stage Interview: You’ll then be invited to a three-stage process to dive deeper into the role and showcase your unique skills and experience.
• Supportive Guidance: Your Talent Partner will be by your side, guiding you through every step until your first day.

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