YLD
software engineering
PolyglotEngineer(JS/Python/Go)
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“Polyglot Engineer (JS/Python/Go) at YLD. Skills: JavaScript, Python, Go, Cloud platforms. Crafting excellent products. building new features”
What You'll Achieve.
deliver outstanding results; accelerate their career growth; increase your impact as an engineer
Industry & Context.
skilled in problem-solving; problem-solving skills; Analytical and problem-solving-oriented
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and/or Go, modern frameworks across the stack, React, modern build tools, state management, responsive design, accessibility, Comprehensive testing experience, Scalable system design patterns, load balancing, high-availability, Database design and optimization, API development, event-driven, Caching strategies, message queue systems, Cloud platforms, containerisation, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, Monitoring, observability, performance optimisation, AI tools, problem-solving skills
Nice to Have
FastAPI, Gin, Express, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, CloudFormation, Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, REST, GraphQL, gRPC
What You'll Do.
Crafting excellent products
building new features
Continuously delivering changes
collaborating on engineering initiatives
Being responsible for production operation
Driving good practices
Participating in regular show and tells
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working closely with your team; regularly collaborating; promoting your work to department; promoting your work to wider company; team-oriented; collaborative
Communication Scope
effective communicator; explain technical ideas; explain concepts in business-friendly language; communicator, both in writing and verbally
Full Job Description
Location: UK Department: Engineering Employment Type: Permanent About YLD: Our goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition, and we know our success only happens when they succeed. We’re a team of curious, talented people, and we’re committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work, grow, and stay. We’re a remote-first consultancy specialising in software engineering, product design, and data. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto, and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done. About the role: As a Senior Software Engineer at YLD, you’ll be part of a client team building innovative products. We’re looking for someone curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You should be skilled in problem-solving and experienced in designing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures. You’re also an effective communicator and a strong team player. Together with your team, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced engineering environment, delivering outstanding results and exciting projects. Your day-to-day responsibilities will look like this: Crafting excellent products! You will be building new features that meet the needs of our clients and customers; Continuously delivering changes to products, as our client is moving to a full CI/CD model; Working closely with your team, regularly collaborating and on engineering initiatives, to continually push yourselves to be better; Learning, growing, and mentoring the engineering team to accelerate their career growth and encourage them to progress; Working with the Lead to architect, design, build, and deliver highly available, always-on, zero downtime products; Being responsible for the production operation and monitoring of products in line with SLAs; Driving good practices within your team, making an impact on the whole department; Participating in regular
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