Senior Software Engineer - GO

Team: IT

Location: Germany

Commitment: Full-time

Workplace Type: remote

Accountabilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Go, following modern software engineering best practices.
• Architect distributed systems and microservices capable of supporting enterprise-scale workloads with high availability and fault tolerance.
• Translate business and product requirements into technical designs, implementation plans, and well-structured software solutions.
• Build secure APIs and backend services while embedding security principles throughout application and infrastructure design.
• Design and optimize relational database schemas, write efficient SQL queries, and ensure data integrity and performance.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, and Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
• Improve system observability through monitoring, metrics collection, distributed tracing, logging, and alerting solutions.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams throughout product development and contribute to engineering hiring through technical interviews and candidate assessments.
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to engineering practices, architecture, and development processes.

Requirements

• Strong professional experience developing backend applications with Go.
• Proven expertise designing and building microservices, service-oriented architectures, and distributed systems.
• Solid experience with PostgreSQL, relational database design, schema modeling, and advanced SQL development.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containerized applications, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of system observability, including metrics, logging, monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing.
• Experience designing secure APIs and implementing scalable backend architectures.
• Familiarity with authentication and identity protocols such as OAuth 2.0, SAML, OpenID Connect (OIDC), or WebAuthn is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of audit logging, security best practices, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and enterprise security tooling is an advantage.
• Understanding of compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA is preferred.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and technical leadership skills, with the ability to thrive in a fully remote engineering environment.

Benefits

• Competitive salary of up to $230,000 USD, based on experience and qualifications.
• Fully remote position with flexible working arrangements and collaboration across distributed teams.
• Flexible vacation policy with encouragement to take regular time off.
• Sixteen company-designated holidays each year, including an extended winter holiday period.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and eligible dependents.
• Twelve weeks of paid parental leave.
• Regular in-person team gatherings to strengthen collaboration and team culture.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge distributed systems with a highly experienced engineering team.
• Supportive environment that encourages technical growth, innovation, and long-term career development.