Go Engineer
Muzz
full-timeLondon, UK (remote option for UK/Europe)Mid LevelMid-Level£60,000 – £80,000
Job Description
Join Muzz's backend engineering team as a Go Engineer. Muzz is the world's leading Muslim matrimonial platform, serving over 12 million members globally with a mission to help 2 billion Muslims meet and marry. Backed by Y Combinator and profitable, the company operates from London with a hybrid model offering flexibility for UK and European candidates.
In this role, you will architect and maintain high-performance backend systems handling tens of millions of API requests daily. Your responsibilities include:
- Building and maintaining scalable APIs using Go, HTTP, and gRPC protocols
- Designing and developing microservices architecture
- Working with containerized AWS infrastructure, managing multi-database environments (MySQL, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis)
- Creating event-driven systems that integrate machine learning capabilities
- Processing and analyzing tens of millions of daily analytics events
- Optimizing system performance and resolving bottlenecks
- Troubleshooting distributed system challenges
- Participating in on-call production support rotation
- Building internal tools to streamline engineering operations
We are seeking engineers with
- 3+ years of production backend engineering in Go
- Hands-on expertise with MySQL, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, and Redis
- Proven experience designing and deploying microservices and distributed systems
- Ability to drive features from requirements through production deployment
- Self-directed, entrepreneurial mindset
Bonus qualifications include familiarity with AWS cloud services (the team uses 40+ services), experience with machine learning technologies, and knowledge of WebSocket and XMPP protocols.
What we offer
- Competitive salary: £60,000–£80,000 plus equity
- 33+ days annual holiday (regardless of location)
- Monthly learning day (last Friday of each month)
- Equity stake in a profitable, growing company
- Biannual international team travel
- Regular team social events
- Hybrid work: 3 days/week at Aldgate, London office with remote flexibility for UK/Europe