Senior Backend Engineer — Go & Distributed Systems (Remote Europe)

Refurbed; United States; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first company culture

Office weeks in Vienna

Learning budget with NiloHealth

Job summary

Refurbed, Europe’s fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and implement scalable services powering the platform.

You will work in a cross-functional squad, using Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ, collaborating with product, design, and business stakeholders to deliver robust solutions that enhance both customers and sellers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience designing scalable backend services.
• Strong Go proficiency and understanding of distributed systems.
• Proficient in SQL and relational database design.
• Familiar with frontend basics to coordinate with frontend teams.
• Self-starter with ownership and quick learning.
• Excellent English and Europe-time-zone availability.
• Degree in CS or equivalent work experience.

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, code comments, and docs.
• Mentor juniors and onboard new joiners.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Proactively present achievements and results in meetings.
• Occasionally propagate backend changes to frontend.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

SQL

Frontend basics

English

Education

B.S. Computer Science

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

RabbitMQ

Kubernetes

Job description

Refurbed, Europe’s fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design and implement scalable services powering the platform.

You will work in a cross-functional squad, using Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ, collaborating with product, design, and business stakeholders to deliver robust solutions that enhance both customers and sellers.