Polyglot Engineer (JS/Python/Go)

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. As a Senior Software Engineer at YLD, you'll be part of a client team building innovative products.

Requirements

• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and/or Go, with the ability to rapidly learn new languages
• Experience with modern frameworks across the stack (FastAPI, Gin, Express, etc.)
• Production experience with React, modern build tools, state management, responsive design, and accessibility standards
• Comprehensive testing experience (unit, integration, E2E, security) and performance optimization
• Scalable system design patterns, load balancing, and high-availability architectures
• Database design and optimization (both relational and NoSQL)
• API development (REST, GraphQL, gRPC) and event-driven architectures
• Caching strategies and message queue systems (Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
• CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Monitoring, observability, and performance optimisation tools
• You can keep a cool head when debugging production issues
• Use AI tools to augment your work, applying sound judgement to adopt emerging technologies where they genuinely add value and increase your impact as an engineer.

Benefits

• Company Private Health care
• Enhanced fully paid maternity and paternity leave for up to 6 months
• 25 days annual holiday (excluding Public Holidays)
• €2000 annual allowance for Training/Conferences
• €300 annual allowance for additional hardware
• Mental Health support: access to Oli app
• Meditation/Sleep support: Headspace or Calm app subscription
• Bonus (depending on Company performance and results)
• Company laptop
• Generous referral schemes