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# Senior Backend Engineer - Checkout (all genders)

- **Company:** Scayle Alle Jobs Anzeigen
- **Location:** Hamburg, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €70,000.0 - €85,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, PHP (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Data Structures, Distributed Systems, Laravel, MySQL, Pair Programming, Query Optimization, Redis, Symfony, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Caching, Indexer, Backend, Build Management, Api Design
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.de/jobad/def134cc1f4c4a9ea6c2adb8ba4bba85f9

## About the Role

* Self-starter who steps up, takes responsibility, and stays curious about new ways to solve problems
 * Comfortable taking complex, low-latency features from the drawing board all the way to production without hand-holding
 * Collaborative builder who writes solid, dependable code and makes everyone around them better
 * Knows Go inside out, writing clean, idiomatic code and making the most of its built-in concurrency
 * Strong foundation in modern Symfony or Laravel, with a track record of building clean, scalable apps
 * Hands-on experience with modern PHP is a big plus
 * Deep grasp of core engineering principles (SOLID, clean code) and distributed system design
 * Knows their way around MySQL (smart indexing, query tuning) and Redis (caching patterns, data structures)
 * Hands-on or curious about leveraging GenAI to build smarter, modern product features
 * Fluent in English and comfortable sharing ideas, alignment, and technical trade-offs across the team

## Description

* Turn real business needs into clean, idiomatic Go code that your team can easily build on
 * Partner with the team to design and build a rock-solid, highly scalable Go API architecture
 * Champion clean coding practices like TDD, pair programming, and agile workflows
 * Pick the right tool for the job: getting the most out of Go's speed without being stuck in dogma
 * Bring your own ideas to the table in a flat hierarchy with fast, direct decision-making


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