Senior Full-Stack Engineer

refurbed; United States; Remote; USD 104,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

refurbed is seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to design and implement scalable backend services in Go and deliver intuitive frontend experiences with Vue. You will influence architecture, performance, and reliability across the marketplace used by millions of users.

You should have strong experience in API design, distributed systems, and full stack development, with a focus on maintainability and high performance in a remote-friendly, Europe-focused team.

Qualifications

• Experience with Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, gRPC, and event-driven architectures.
• Strong API design, data modeling, and distributed systems knowledge.
• Proven track record in building full stack applications with a focus on performance and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs in Go powering web and mobile apps.
• Improve system performance, monitoring, and developer experience across the stack.
• Lead technical design reviews, RFCs, and architecture improvements.
• Develop high-performance frontend features with Vue, ensuring accessibility and maintainability.
• Build high-traffic, user-facing pages with fast load times and excellent usability.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver features end-to-end.
• Implement A/B tests, rollout strategies, and data integrity safeguards.
• Mentor teammates and contribute to technical interviews.

Skills

Go

PostgreSQL

Redis

gRPC

Event-driven

API design

Full stack

Performance

Tools

Vue.js

Go

REST/GraphQL

Job description

Do you want to use your passion and talent to make consumption more sustainable?

We're Europe’s fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, empowering customers to acquire items up to 40% cheaper while making a substantial impact on reducing CO₂ emissions compared to buying new devices.

Since our launch in February 2017, we grew to more than 300 employees and expanded across the European region. Throughout this journey, we’ve successfully concluded three substantial funding rounds, selling hundreds of thousands of products. Thanks to our team’s efforts, we were recognized as the Top Employer in the DACH region (2023 and 2024) by Kununu and secured the title of an ACM Preferred Employer (2023).

For our Engineering team, we are looking for an experienced Senior Full Stack Engineer (f/m/x) with a strong background in designing and implementing scalable backend services and intuitive frontend experiences. You’ll work across our marketplace, delivering reliable, high-performance features across the stack. You’ll design and build scalable backend services in Go and contribute to modern frontend experiences using Vue, with a strong focus on performance, accessibility, code quality, and long-term maintainability.

Together with you and your talent, we want to make consumption sustainable and build the leading marketplace for refurbished products in Europe. Join us on our mission!

WHO YOU ARE:

• Experience with Go, PostgreSQL, Redis, gRPC, and event-driven architectures
• Solid understanding of API design, data modeling, and distributed systems
• Significant experience designing and implementing full stack applications
• You write clean, modular, and maintainable code and care about performance and reliability
• Located in one of the European time zones

Location & eligibility:

This role is open to Europe-based candidates only with a valid right to work.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs in Go that power our web and mobile applications.
• Improve system performance, monitoring, and developer experience across the stack
• Drive technical design, code quality, and architectural improvements through RFCs and reviews
• Develop scalable, high-performance frontend features, while following best practices for performance, accessibility, code quality, and long-term maintainability.
• Build and evolve high-traffic, user-facing pages that serve millions of users, ensuring fast load times and excellent usability
• Collaborate with other engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver new features end-to-end
• Implement A/B tests and rollout strategies for new features
• Ensure data integrity, security, and compliance across all user-facing APIs and systems
• Review code, mentor teammates, and contribute to technical interviews

WHY YOU WILL ENJOY WORKING WITH US:

Our Culture and Values:

• Decisions should be made based on facts and not by hierarchy levels? We sure think so!
• We embrace giving and receiving feedback, testing and welcoming new ideas, as well as sharing our knowledge across the company.
• You fail sometimes? Well, so do we! We’re all just human, let’s learn from our mistakes to improve in the future!
• No matter who you love, where you’re from, who you pray to, whether you pee sitting down or standing up – we are a bunch of talented people who enjoy spending our time making a difference!

Personal & Professional Development:

• You'll have access to a dedicated learning budget within your department to support your growth, whether it's courses, conferences, or other learning opportunities that matter to you.
• We partner with Likeminded, offering you private sessions with experts for your personal growth and mental health.
• We frequently host internal workshops, allowing our teams to further develop their skills in different areas and enhancing collaboration across departments.

Flexibility:

• We care about a healthy work/life balance. We not only function and support a fully remote setting but also offer the possibility to work from our beautiful office in the vibrant heart of Vienna – we love dogs, so feel free to bring your furry little buddy too
• We trust you to do the best job, so we don't care so much when you do it – you are able to self-organize.
• You will also be invited to take part in our office weeks, happening three times a year, where you will have the chance to work side by side with your colleagues and enjoy the team-building events and on-site workshops

…and much more! See https://careers.refurbed.com/ for further insights!