Senior Backend Engineer — Remote-First, Go & Scalable APIs

Refurbed; Wien; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Office in Vienna

Learning budget & expert sessions

Team workshops

Job summary

Refurbed, based in Vienna and operating a remote-first model, seeks an experienced Senior Backend Engineer (f/m/x) to design and implement scalable backend services powering its marketplace. You’ll work in a cross-functional squad with engineers, product managers, designers, and business stakeholders to deliver robust, high-performance solutions for customers and sellers.

Our stack leverages Go, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ on Google Cloud Platform with Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience designing and building scalable backend services.
• Strong Go proficiency and understanding of distributed systems and SOA.
• Proficient in SQL and relational database design.
• Familiar with frontend basics to collaborate with frontend teams.
• Self-starter with ownership, initiative, and quick learning.
• Clear, respectful communication and collaborative mindset.
• Excellent English; based in a European time zone.
• Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core APIs and backend services.
• Own operations and monitoring of production systems.
• Integrate third-party systems and APIs into our platform.
• Own design and implementation of new features and services.
• Identify best practices and create standards for the engineering department.
• Document solutions with diagrams, comments, and clear code.
• Mentor junior colleagues and onboard new joiners.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers and business stakeholders.
• Proactively present achievements in relevant meetings.
• Occasionally extend backend changes to frontend.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

SOA

SQL

Frontend basics

Ownership

Communication

English

European time zone

Education

CS degree or related field

Tools

gRPC

PostgreSQL

Redis

RabbitMQ

Vue.js

Alpine.js

Tailwind CSS

Google Cloud Platform

Kubernetes

Job description

Refurbed, based in Vienna and operating a remote-first model, seeks an experienced Senior Backend Engineer (f/m/x) to design and implement scalable backend services powering its marketplace. You’ll work in a cross-functional squad with engineers, product managers, designers, and business stakeholders to deliver robust, high-performance solutions for customers and sellers.

Our stack leverages Go, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ on Google Cloud Platform with Kubernetes.