Lead Software Engineer, Golang/TypeScript

FXC Intelligence

. Take technical ownership of a high-impact, customer-facing product .

Posted 10/22/2026full-timeLondon • United KingdomSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Golang microservices and frontend application development, with a strong focus on code quality, architecture, and team leadership. Proficient in Agile methodologies and capable of collaborating across product and technology teams to drive project success.

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Golang Microservices DevelopmentReact/TypeScript Frontend DevelopmentTeam Management and CoachingSQL ProficiencyAgile Methodologies

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Hard Skills

GolangSQLReactTypeScriptClean Code PrinciplesCode ReviewAutomationPerformance ImprovementObservabilityAI Technologies

Soft Skills

CommunicationCollaborationInfluencingCoachingProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

GitLab CI/CDPrometheusGrafanaDockerKubernetesGRPCMaterialUI

Industry Keywords

MicroservicesFrontend ApplicationsProduct DevelopmentAgileTeam Quality Standards

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerGrafanaGRPCKubernetesMicroservicesPrometheusReactSQLTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Take technical ownership of a high-impact, customer-facing product
Own the quality of code and architecture delivered by the team
Influence, coach and line manage team engineers
Align the team on goals, outcomes and timelines
Collaborate with Product and Technology teams to turn the strategic roadmap into actionable tasks
Provide visibility on delivery progress outside the team
Design, develop, test, maintain and enhance Golang microservices and frontend applications
Deliver user-friendly, performant customer interfaces driven by the design system
Improve service and application performance and observability
Improve team and business quality of life through automation, process improvement or new technologies
Collaborate using Agile methodologies with product, commercial and other business stakeholders
Report to the Head of Engineering

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience line managing a team and coaching engineers
Ability to write Golang services and web application backends
Experience using SQL
Ability to build componentised application frontends in React/TypeScript
Understanding of clean code principles and TypeScript and Go idioms
Experience reviewing code and establishing team quality standards
Ability to learn and engage with a new business domain and product
Ability to communicate complex topics to technical and non-technical people
Experience or interest in AI technologies
Helpful but non-essential: concurrent logic/goroutines, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, Prometheus, Grafana, Docker, Kubernetes, productionised AI tools, gRPC and MaterialUI

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible Hybrid Environment
25 days annual leave, increasing to 26 days after 2 years of service
Company pension matching up to 5%
Annual bonus and share options scheme
Company Mac laptop and support for additional equipment
Professional/career coaching sessions with an external coach
£1,000/$1,200 annual learning budget for courses, books and conferences
AXA private healthcare for employee and spouse/partner and/or children
Mental Health support included in the healthcare plan
Optional sessions with an external wellbeing coach
6 week paid sabbatical after 4 years of service