Senior Backend Engineer - Checkout (all genders)

ABOUT YOU; Hamburg; Vor Ort; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

SCAYLE is seeking a backend engineer to help envision and build a scalable API architecture combining PHP and Go. You will translate complex business requirements into idiomatic Go solutions, ensure high performance through concurrency, and champion modern practices like TDD and automated CI/CD.

You will own technical initiatives, influence architecture decisions, and mentor peers while exploring AI tooling to streamline development in a flat engineering culture.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years in backend engineering with modern PHP (8+) and frameworks (Symfony/Laravel).
• Strong Go experience with concurrency primitives and API design.
• Solid understanding of SOLID and clean architecture for distributed systems.
• Experience with MySQL indexing and Redis caching.
• Familiarity with GenAI tools to streamline development workflows.
• Independent, proactive problem solver with production deployment ownership.
• Strong English communication and mentorship skills.

Aufgaben

• Help envision and develop scalable API architecture for PHP backend.
• Translate requirements into clean Go implementations with efficient concurrency.
• Adopt modern engineering practices: TDD, pair programming, CI/CD.
• Select technologies pragmatically to optimize performance.
• Own technical initiatives and drive them from design to production.
• Mentor developers through code reviews and collaboration, exploring AI tooling.

Kenntnisse

Backend engineering

Go programming

PHP 8+

Symfony/Laravel

SOLID / clean architecture

MySQL / Redis

GenAI workflows

Code reviews / mentoring

Tools

Golang tooling

CI/CD

Jobbeschreibung

Company Description

SCAYLE is one of the fastest-growing enterprise commerce platforms in the world, enabling brands and retailers to realize their D2C ambitions. SCAYLE stands for innovation, international collaboration, and a strong focus on data. We believe that stepping outside of our comfort zone and making bold decisions is key to growing both professionally and personally. Instead of seeing problems as obstacles, we approach them as opportunities to find better solutions. We work in an environment that encourages flexibility, creativity, and continuous development. What drives us is the shared motivation to make an impact and actively shape the future of eCommerce.

Job Description

• Help envision and work hand-in-hand with other colleagues to develop a scalable software architecture for our API written in PHP
• Work directly with product managers and engineers to translate complex business requirements into clean, idiomatic Go implementations, ensuring features are well-designed and delivered on time
• Champion modern engineering practices, including Test-Driven Development (TDD), pair programming, and automated CI/CD pipelines to keep code quality and team velocity high
• Choose technology pragmatically by matching the right tools to the specific problem, maximizing Go’s concurrency and performance without being rigid or dogmatic
• Take direct ownership of technical initiatives in a flat engineering culture where your ideas are valued and decision-making paths are exceptionally short
• Mentor fellow developers through code reviews and collaborative sessions, elevating team standards while continuously exploring modern tooling like AI coding assistants

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in backend engineering, with a strong focus on modern PHP (8+) and frameworks like Symfony or Laravel
• Deep experience writing clean, idiomatic Go and leveraging its native concurrency primitives (goroutines, channels) to build high-throughput, low-latency APIs.
• Solid grasp of core engineering principles (SOLID, clean architecture) and distributed system design
• Strong experience optimizing data and caching layers using MySQL (indexing, query tuning) and Redis (caching patterns, data structures)
• Hands-on experience or active interest in using GenAI tools to streamline development workflows or build modern product features
• Proactive problem solver capable of tackling complex technical tasks independently from initial design to production deployment
• Collaborative team player with strong English communication skills, dedicated to code quality, peer mentorship, and elevating overall team performance

(Please note that benefits may vary depending on the location)

A Place Where You Can Be You

We take it as our responsibility to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, exactly as they are.

Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger and shape our culture in ways that matter.

What we stand for internally, we stand for as a brand: acceptance, inclusion, and fairness.