Remote Backend Engineer - Core APIs (Go/Node.js)

Jobgether; Poland; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work environment

International, distributed team

Mentorship opportunities

On-call rotation with planning

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Backend Engineer, Core APIs, based in Poland. You will design and scale high-performance backend systems and APIs in Go and Node.js, focusing on real-time data processing and scalable microservices.

Join a fully remote engineering team and collaborate with globally distributed engineers to deliver robust backend solutions. Responsibilities include ownership from concept to deployment, on-call participation, and mentoring teammates, with a strong emphasis on reliability,

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional backend software development experience, with demonstrated experience building production-grade systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with Go and/or Node.js, with a willingness to deepen expertise across both technologies.
• Experience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems, APIs, real-time data-processing services, and microservice architectures.
• Strong understanding of SQL and experience working with databases or data stores such as DynamoDB, Redis, or Elasticsearch.
• Solid knowledge of software engineering fundamentals and development tools, including Git, IDEs, shell scripting, and CI/CD workflows.
• Ability to investigate complex technical problems independently, analyze system behavior, form hypotheses, run experiments, and turn findings into practical improvements.
• Strong communication skills in English, with the ability to collaborate across distributed teams.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in CS/DS/Engineering or related discipline is an advantage, though equivalent experience is valued.
• Experience with Terraform or AWS CloudFormation is a plus.
• Experience with TypeScript, Express, ClickHouse, dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or Databricks is beneficial.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring platforms such as Datadog is preferred.
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and containerization/orchestration technologies is an advantage.
• Experience contributing to large open-source projects or working asynchronously with globally distributed stakeholders is a plus.
• Experience with Go and Node.js in backend context and knowledge of security/privacy mechanisms is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize scalable backend systems supporting real-time data processing and high-performance web services.
• Build, maintain, and improve APIs, microservices, and backend infrastructure emphasizing reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Develop primarily with Go and/or Node.js while collaborating across services to deliver robust backend solutions.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to integrate backend components and ensure systems operate efficiently at scale.
• Investigate complex features through deep dives, root-cause analysis, hypothesis development, experimentation, and data-driven evaluation.
• Conduct performance tuning, debugging, testing, and reliability improvements across backend systems.
• Share technical knowledge and best practices to foster a data-driven engineering culture.
• Take ownership from concept through deployment and iteration; participate in a shared on-call rotation.
• Mentor junior developers and support growth of teammates.
• Contribute to cross-functional and open-source initiatives with globally distributed stakeholders.

Skills

Go

Node.js

Backend development

SQL & databases

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

TypeScript/Express

Observability (Datadog)

Open-source collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering or related

Tools

Git

CI/CD tools

Datadog

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Backend Engineer, Core APIs, based in Poland. You will design and scale high-performance backend systems and APIs in Go and Node.js, focusing on real-time data processing and scalable microservices.

Join a fully remote engineering team and collaborate with globally distributed engineers to deliver robust backend solutions. Responsibilities include ownership from concept to deployment, on-call participation, and mentoring teammates, with a strong emphasis on reliability,