Senior Golang Developer– Ironic Workflow Automation

London based/ Hybrid- 2 days a week

Contract Type

3–6 months

About the Role

Looking for a skilled Golang contractor to join a key client to accelerate the development of their server provisioning workflows. The role focus on automating OS deployments to physical machines using the OpenStack Ironic Golang SDK.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and extend Golang-based workflows for bare-metal server provisioning in an evolving distributed architecture.
• Leverage the OpenStack Ironic Go SDK to manage OS image deployments.
• Write production-grade, testable Go code that integrates into existing automation.
• Troubleshoot provisioning issues spanning hardware, networking, and orchestration layers.
• Collaborate with Platform Engineers while working with high autonomy

Required Skills

• Expert-level Golang development in production infrastructure environments.
• Proven ability to onboard independently, understand existing code, and rapidly ship features.
• Strong understanding of APIs, concurrency, and infrastructure automation.

Desirable Skills

• Familiarity with OpenStack Ironic SDK and provisioning workflows.
• Exposure to Terraform, Vault, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Temporal (or Cadence) for workflow orchestration.

You will be joining a fast-paced engineering project and are expected to contribute from day one. We are specifically looking for self-starters who can quickly grasp complex systems, integrate into an existing codebase, and drive delivery with minimal oversight.