About The Position
Viridien is seeking a Software Developer – Data Platform & Distributed Systems to contribute to the design and development of a distributed, microservices-based platform supporting data cataloguing, metadata management, and high-volume transactional workflows. You will work across the backend stack, building scalable services and APIs, designing efficient data models, and optimising performance. The platform is containerised and deployed on Kubernetes, using technologies such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, and Golang.
Requirements
- Proven experience building backend services and distributed systems.
- Strong experience with MongoDB and/or PostgreSQL.
- Solid understanding of data modelling, indexing, and query optimisation.
- Experience with messaging systems (e.g., Kafka) and caching (e.g., Redis).
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Strong focus on scalability, performance, and maintainable code.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose complex issues.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with high-throughput or low-latency systems.
- Familiarity with observability tools and performance profiling.
- Experience in data-intensive environments.
- Experience with Golang or willingness to learn.
- Demonstrated technical or project leadership experience.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices.
- Build robust APIs and backend services interacting with databases, messaging systems, and caching layers.
- Design efficient data models and query patterns for high read/write workloads.
- Analyse and optimise application and database performance.
- Contribute to containerisation, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes deployments.
- Support event-driven architectures using messaging systems and caching technologies.
- Participate in system design and architecture discussions.
- Ensure reliability, observability, and performance of core services.
Benefits
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience
- Highly attractive bonus scheme
- Hybrid model and flexible working with up to 2 days at home
- Initial 22 days annual leave with future increases, complemented by a flexible buying and selling holiday program
- Company pension with generous employer contribution
- Wellbeing Unmind app – puts you in control of your mental health
- A flexible benefits platform with numerous discount schemes - gym membership, restaurants, cinema tickets, and much more!
- Regular social club events, spontaneous reward events throughout the year
- Cycle purchase scheme
- Flexible Private Medical & Dental care programmes
- Bank Holiday Swap - our holiday swap program allows you to change it for another day of your choice!
- Relaxed dress code policy
- Learning and Development opportunities through our Learning Hub
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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