About Raidiam

Raidiam is the global organisation at the forefront of data sharing technologies that are changing the world. We believe in empowering everyone to share their data safely, securely and simply; in a trusted and consented way; creating the potential to be seamlessly connected to the products and services they need.

Since our inception, Raidiam has been the enabling force behind the world’s most significant data sharing developments, including Open Finance and Open Insurance in Brazil. We continue to be called upon by governments, regulators and businesses to provide advice and technical support to achieve their data sharing ambitions.

We work from the centre – creating ecosystems with solid foundations to establish and nurture trust, the key to any successful data sharing. This makes us unique as the only provider in the market to operate from the core.

Objective of the role

We are looking for a Backend Engineer to take ownership of a mission-critical backend system that powers key capabilities across the organisation.

This is a live, production system used every day, and it continues to evolve. You’ll be responsible for keeping it robust and secure, while also driving its evolution - adding new features, improving existing behaviour, and helping it scale as platform needs grow.

Collaborating closely with product and frontend teams, you'll have the opportunity to innovate and implement cutting-edge backend technologies to help build the future of Open Data here at Raidiam.

Key responsibilities:

• Take end-to-end ownership of a critical Golang backend service, including bug fixing, small feature upgrades, and overall system health

• Collaborate closely with product, frontend, and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth integration and delivery

• Diagnose and resolve production issues with urgency, while identifying root causes and proposing long-term improvements

• Maintain and evolve the existing codebase: refactor legacy patterns, remove dead code, and improve test coverage

• Work independently to identify and prioritize technical debt or inefficiencies without waiting for explicit instruction

• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to uphold quality and consistency across the team

• Contribute to internal documentation that improves onboarding, debugging, and operational support

• Help establish and uphold standards for code quality, development processes, release cycles, and branching strategies

• Act as a mentor and provide support to junior team members, offering guidance and escalating issues when necessary

• Collaborate with frontend, infrastructure, security, and other partners to ensure the smooth integration and functioning of backend components

Essential skills and experience:

This role requires someone ready to take ownership of a mature codebase. In the first 3 months, you’ll focus on maintaining and improving existing functionality, with support from the broader platform team.

• 5+ years of experience working in cross-functional teams on production-grade systems

• Strong hands-on experience with Go in backend development

• Experience working with MongoDB in production environments

• Exposure to cloud development (e.g., AWS, Azure) and deploying stateless services (e.g., Lambdas)

• Comfortable working in an established codebase: patching, upgrading, and refactoring with minimal supervision

• Familiarity with API/REST development using tools like OpenAPI or Swagger to support frontend-backend collaboration

• Strong communication and collaboration skills – able to understand context and raise blockers

• Solid understanding of code quality practices, including clean architecture, unit testing, and error handling

• Proactive mindset with the ability to identify and resolve issues independently - not just execute on assigned tasks

• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for the systems they maintain

• Experience with OpenID Connect (OIDC) flows, token validation, and IdP integrations

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform

• Experience in CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitHub Actions

• Experience using Docker for local development, including running backend services during development and testing

We operate and embrace full remote working and equip you for that.

We are proud of the vibrant, exciting and fast-paced environment working at the forefront of developments in consented data sharing that we have created. Teams come together once per quarter in local hubs to connect and spend quality time together.

We take our team’s development very seriously and provide all individuals with a training budget, allocated study time, a full LMS training suite, support to study for industry standard qualifications and internal knowledge sharing.

We fully believe in and live by our values, encouraging this by recognising and rewarding team members who actively demonstrate them.

• Contract Length: 6 months

• A competitive pay as a contractor of £350 to £500 per day (dependent on experience)

• Permanent WFH policy

• An opportunity to work alongside and learn from highly experienced industry professionals

• A vibrant, exciting, and fast-paced environment fully supported by modern technology

• Support for professional development and further studies for industry-standard qualifications