Backend Developer

You will join a product-driven engineering environment focused on building scalable, data-intensive web applications used to power modern recruitment and hiring workflows. In this role, you will take ownership of critical backend services that directly support complex, real-world product operations. You will work in a highly collaborative team where engineering quality, autonomy, and long-term system reliability are key priorities. The position involves designing and evolving backend architectures, with a strong focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability. You will contribute to shaping technical direction while actively delivering production-ready code. This is a senior hands-on role where your decisions will have a direct impact on platform evolution and user experience. Accountabilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Go (Golang)
• Build and evolve APIs (REST and/or GraphQL) supporting complex product workflows
• Contribute to backend architecture design, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability
• Work closely with frontend engineers, product managers, designers, and data teams
• Participate in data modeling, business logic design, and system performance optimization
• Conduct code reviews and contribute to technical discussions and architectural decisions
• Improve system quality through better testing practices, observability, and reliability engineering
• Identify, refactor, and reduce technical debt across backend systems
• Take ownership of features from design phase through production deployment
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives

• Strong professional experience as a backend engineer, with senior-level ownership responsibilities
• Deep experience with Go (Golang) in production environments
• Solid understanding of API design (REST and/or GraphQL)
• Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and familiarity with NoSQL systems
• Knowledge of distributed systems, microservices, and service-oriented architecture
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Docker-based development workflows
• Understanding of cloud environments (e.g., GCP or similar providers)
• Experience with observability tools such as logging, monitoring, and tracing systems
• Strong problem-solving skills with ability to work independently and make architectural decisions
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams
• Nice to have: experience with Python, Kubernetes, Protobuf, or gRPC

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours with a focus on results and autonomy
• Opportunity to work on high-impact, data-driven SaaS products
• Strong engineering culture focused on quality, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Collaborative, cross-functional product teams
• Exposure to modern backend technologies and scalable system design challenges
• English-speaking international work environment
• Opportunity to influence architecture and technical direction at scale