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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Backend Product Engineer - **Company:** Super - **Location:** Barcelona, Spain - **Salary:** €90,000.0 - €140,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Foundry, Distributed Systems, Software Systems, Erlang, Backend, Data Analytics, Apache Kafka, Functional Programming, Golang - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html ## About the Role + Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience in a large-scale production environment + Experience designing and implementing solutions at an organisational level, impacting multiple teams or tribes + Experience engineering high-quality, highly scalable software + Strong system design fundamentals, particularly in distributed systems + Ability to analyse complex technical problems and develop clear strategies + Comfort working in ambiguous, high-impact problem spaces + Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across teams + A passion for creating user-centric, data-driven solutions + Willingness to learn new technologies (our stack includes Golang and Erlang) Nice to have + Experience in Fintech + Interest in functional programming ## Description We are on a mission to pioneer the world's next era of play. As we grow across Europe and Latin America, we're building The Playstack - the technology powering the next generation of sports, gaming, and fan experiences. Join us, and help make it the most widely used platform in the world! From operations, to marketing, to product, we are looking for talented people who will shape how millions of customers play, watch, and connect every day. As a Staff Software Engineer at Super, you will operate far beyond the scope of a single team or service, working directly with senior engineering leadership to tackle large, cross-area technical challenges that span dozens - sometimes hundreds - of services across the platform. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of architecture, strategy, and execution, suited to someone who thrives on complex systems and ambiguous problems. You will help shape technical direction, guide major platform evolutions, and ensure our systems remain scalable, reliable, and efficient as we grow. What the role involves + Collaborate closely with engineering leadership and teams to design and implement scalable, robust software solutions + Analyse complex system challenges and develop clear strategies for improving architecture, scalability, and platform efficiency + Drive large cross-team initiatives from concept to execution, influencing decisions and aligning multiple teams + Enhance system automation across scale, resiliency, and deployment + Build and improve core platform components and shared libraries (AWS, Go, Erlang, Kafka) used across the organisation + Work with technical and non-technical stakeholders to understand and drive platform-wide improvements + Build on our cloud-native platform, enabling greater use of AWS technology to accelerate delivery, scale, and resiliency + Grow the engineering community, elevating standards and helping teams operate more efficiently ## Related Videos - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Bringing digital education to refugee and host communities in remote regions of Africa](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/644-bringing-digital-education-to-refugee-and-host-communities-in-remote-regions-of-africa) - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) ## Related Articles - [Backend Developer Salary in Germany [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/196-backend-developer-salary-in-germany-2023) - [What’s the Difference Between Frontend and Backend Development?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/240-what-s-the-difference-between-frontend-and-backend-development) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [How Much FAANG Companies Actually Pay Software Engineers in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/230-how-much-faang-companies-actually-pay-software-engineers-in-2025) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [7 Most Popular Web Developer Jobs in Europe](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/163-7-most-popular-web-developer-jobs-in-europe)