3259 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Principal Infrastructure Automation Engineer
£90,000 - 140,000
GoDaddy
Holborn Viaduct, London + Remote
£90,000 - 140,000
Requirements
Must:
- 2+ years in Golang with demonstrated experience building production-grade applications and services.
- 2+ years of experience working with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) OR NoSQL databases (Cassandra), including understanding of deployment, configuration, and management at scale.
- Proven experience designing and implementing REST APIs and backend services.
- Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems design.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and continuous deployment workflows.
- Experience with Linux/Unix systems and developing software that operates at scale.
- Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible, SaltStack, or Puppet.
- Experience with Python for automation and tooling (preferred).
- Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes (preferred).
- Experience building and running testing infrastructure and frameworks (preferred).
- Exposure to compute platforms such as OpenStack or AWS (preferred).
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Mimir, Loki, or Nagios-based systems like Icinga2 (preferred).
Responsibilities
- Design and develop automation tools and services in Golang to streamline database operations, improve efficiency, and support application demands across 50+ teams.
- Build and maintain REST APIs and microservices to enhance automation capabilities and enable seamless integration with database infrastructure.
- Develop custom software solutions and internal tooling to meet team and organizational needs for database management at scale.
- Engineer CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using infrastructure as code practices to improve security posture and operational efficiency.
- Create and maintain automation scripts and applications in Golang and Bash for database operations, upgrades, and configuration management.
- Architect and implement solutions for migrating database infrastructure to modernized virtual machine environments as part of our one-system initiative.
- Develop monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to track system performance and ensure high availability of database clusters.
- Integrate with configuration management systems such as Salt and Puppet to enable scalable infrastructure automation.
- Contribute to on-call rotation (secondary week, primary week, then project work cycle) with emphasis on building solutions that prevent future incidents.
Description
At GoDaddy, we are empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online. We offer a range of total rewards, including paid time off, retirement savings, competitive health benefits, and more, which can vary based on individual role and location. We embrace a diverse culture and offer Employee Resource Groups, welcoming those with side hustles and encouraging everyone to come as they are. Our mission is to give our customers the tools to transform their ideas into success, reflecting our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This is a remote position, with occasional office visits for team events.
Something wrong or incorrect with this job? Tell us in the chat 💬 on the right ➡️
You can find Database Engineer salaries in the UK here.
How many Database Engineer jobs are in the UK?
Currently, there are 3259 Database openings. Check also: PostgreSQL jobs, SQL jobs, VBA jobs, MongoDB jobs - all with salary brackets.
Is the UK a good place for Database Engineers?
The UK is one of the best countries to work as a Database Engineer. It has a vibrant startup community, growing tech hubs and, most important: lots of interesting jobs for people who work in tech.
Which companies are hiring for Database Engineer jobs in the UK?
SwapTix, Collect Solutions Ltd, Arctic Shores, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), TBG Solutions Ltd, The American School in London, Advanced IT Services among others, are currently hiring for Database roles in the UK.
The company with most openings is Experis as they are hiring for 101 different Database Engineer jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good Database Engineers.
The company with most openings is Experis as they are hiring for 101 different Database Engineer jobs in the UK. They are probably quite committed to find good Database Engineers.