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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Confidential company · Hamburg · Posted May 14, 2026

Public summary

Join a leading FoodTech company as a Senior Backend Software Engineer focusing on designing, developing, testing, and operating microservices running core business logic. The role involves building frameworks and tools to optimize backend performance for high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance, impacting millions daily. The company champions diversity and inclusion, welcoming applications from women without altering selection criteria.

Responsibilities

Design, code, test, and operate cloud-based backend microservices, primarily on AWS. Participate in prioritizing product evolution for maximum business value based on data. Address scalability, maintainability, and reliability challenges within distributed systems. Develop tools for performance monitoring and bottleneck identification, ensuring continuous service availability.

Qualifications

Passionate about software development with strong skills in object-oriented and functional programming. Experienced in designing, developing, and maintaining microservices using Go. Knowledgeable in automated testing, distributed systems, secure development, relational and NoSQL databases, data modeling, Linux, infrastructure as code, networking, Docker, and Kubernetes. Experienced in handling applications supporting millions of transactions daily with asynchronous service communication and concurrency management.

Skills

software development object oriented programming functional programming microservices Go programming language automated testing distributed systems secure development relational databases NoSQL databases data modeling Linux infrastructure as code networking Docker Kubernetes asynchronous communication concurrency cloud services AWS