Senior Go Backend Developer (m/f/d) | Hamburg (Hybrid)

About the Company

We're partnering with a fast-growing international technology company that operates a large-scale data platform serving hundreds of millions of users globally.

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Go Backend Developer to join their engineering team in Hamburg (hybrid working model). This is an English-speaking environment with colleagues from around the world, and relocation support is available for candidates moving to Germany.

Key Responsibilities

• Building and scaling high-performance Go services.
• Processing and analysing millions of real-time events daily.
• Designing distributed systems using Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Developing APIs and data platforms used by external partners.
• Optimising database performance across large-scale datasets.
• Contributing to cloud-native, microservices-based infrastructure.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years of commercial Go development.
• Strong experience with distributed systems and microservices.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or similar messaging technologies.
• Solid database optimisation skills (MySQL, Druid, or similar).
• Experience operating services at significant scale.

Benefits

• Hybrid working model in Hamburg.
• English-speaking international team.
• Relocation support provided.
• Competitive salary up to €90,000, depending on experience.
• Opportunity to work on systems serving hundreds of millions of users worldwide.