Senior Backend Engineer - Checkout (all genders)

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Hamburg, DEU
In-Office
Senior level
Retail • Software
The Role
Design and develop scalable backend APIs using PHP and Go. Translate business requirements into clean implementations, optimize MySQL and Redis data layers, and apply concurrency for high-throughput services. Promote TDD, pair programming, automated CI/CD, pragmatic technology choices, and distributed-system best practices. Own technical initiatives, collaborate with product and engineering teams, mentor developers, and explore GenAI tools.
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Company Description

SCAYLE is one of the fastest-growing enterprise commerce platforms in the world, enabling brands and retailers to realize their D2C ambitions. SCAYLE stands for innovation, international collaboration, and a strong focus on data. We believe that stepping outside of our comfort zone and making bold decisions is key to growing both professionally and personally. Instead of seeing problems as obstacles, we approach them as opportunities to find better solutions. We work in an environment that encourages flexibility, creativity, and continuous development. What drives us is the shared motivation to make an impact and actively shape the future of eCommerce.

Job Description

  • Help envision and work hand-in-hand with other colleagues to develop a scalable software architecture for our API written in PHP
  • Work directly with product managers and engineers to translate complex business requirements into clean, idiomatic Go implementations, ensuring features are well-designed and delivered on time
  • Champion modern engineering practices, including Test-Driven Development (TDD), pair programming, and automated CI/CD pipelines to keep code quality and team velocity high
  • Choose technology pragmatically by matching the right tools to the specific problem, maximizing Go’s concurrency and performance without being rigid or dogmatic
  • Take direct ownership of technical initiatives in a flat engineering culture where your ideas are valued and decision-making paths are exceptionally short
  • Mentor fellow developers through code reviews and collaborative sessions, elevating team standards while continuously exploring modern tooling like AI coding assistants

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in backend engineering, with a strong focus on modern PHP (8+) and frameworks like Symfony or Laravel
  • Deep experience writing clean, idiomatic Go and leveraging its native concurrency primitives (goroutines, channels) to build high-throughput, low-latency APIs.
  • Solid grasp of core engineering principles (SOLID, clean architecture) and distributed system design
  • Strong experience optimizing data and caching layers using MySQL (indexing, query tuning) and Redis (caching patterns, data structures)
  • Hands-on experience or active interest in using GenAI tools to streamline development workflows or build modern product features
  • Proactive problem solver capable of tackling complex technical tasks independently from initial design to production deployment
  • Collaborative team player with strong English communication skills, dedicated to code quality, peer mentorship, and elevating overall team performance

Additional Information

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A Place Where You Can Be You
We take it as our responsibility to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, exactly as they are.
Different backgrounds and perspectives make us stronger and shape our culture in ways that matter.
What we stand for internally, we stand for as a brand: acceptance, inclusion, and fairness.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of hands-on backend engineering experience
  • Strong experience with modern PHP 8+
  • Experience with Symfony or Laravel
  • Deep experience writing idiomatic Go
  • Experience with Go concurrency primitives, including goroutines and channels
  • Knowledge of SOLID principles, clean architecture, and distributed system design
  • Experience optimizing MySQL data layers, including indexing and query tuning
  • Experience with Redis caching patterns and data structures
  • Hands-on experience or active interest in GenAI tools
  • Ability to independently solve complex technical tasks from design through production deployment
  • Strong English communication skills
  • Collaborative approach with commitment to code quality and peer mentorship
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The Company
HQ: Hamburg
196 Employees
Year Founded: 2018

What We Do

SCAYLE enables brands and retailers to realize their D2C ambition. Easy. Fast. And limitless. With headless commerce technology, international operations, and data-driven marketing. Our commerce engine is proven by the success of ABOUT YOU and allows brands to scale infinitely – empowering them to become market leaders in their industry.

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