Remote Senior Backend Engineer: Scalable APIs & Microservices

Rain; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rain is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its backend platform, focusing on API integrations with 3rd-party vendors and scalable services. The role is remote across EMEA, supporting international product and engineering teams in banking, payroll, and timekeeping domains.

You will own end-to-end backend solutions using Go and Python, design scalable RESTful APIs, and contribute to system observability and documentation. A strong track record in distributed systems and ownership is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong ownership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Translate product requirements into robust technical solutions and lead engineering efforts to meet targets.
• Design and implement reliable systems in a distributed microservices architecture.
• Build and maintain integrations with 3rd-party vendors and partners.
• Design and implement high-availability RESTful APIs for web and mobile apps.
• Create reusable code and libraries to support future projects.
• Enforce observability with logging, metrics, and alerts.

Skills

Go/Golang

Python

RESTful APIs

SQL/NoSQL databases

Event streaming (Kafka/RabbitMQ)

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD (GitLab CI/GitHub Actions)

Tools

Kafka/RabbitMQ/Flink

Job description

Rain is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its backend platform, focusing on API integrations with 3rd-party vendors and scalable services. The role is remote across EMEA, supporting international product and engineering teams in banking, payroll, and timekeeping domains.

You will own end-to-end backend solutions using Go and Python, design scalable RESTful APIs, and contribute to system observability and documentation. A strong track record in distributed systems and ownership is essential.