Senior Backend Engineer (Go)

If you want to:

• Design, build, and evolve high-traffic, business-critical backend services (primarily in Go);
• Lead and influence architectural decisions — from domain modeling and service boundaries to infrastructure and deployment strategies;
• Drive the evolution of our service platform together with senior and lead engineers;
• Identify performance bottlenecks and scalability challenges, and propose pragmatic, long-term solutions;
• Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, from design to production rollout;
• Write clean, well-tested, production-grade code while raising engineering standards across the team.
 

And you can check off:

• Strong experience building production-grade backend systems;
• Solid understanding of software design principles, distributed systems, and API design;
• Experience with databases, messaging systems, and service-oriented or event-driven architectures;
• Ability to reason about concurrency, performance, and reliability;
• Confidence participating in architectural discussions and technical decision-making.
 

Bonus points if you:

• Have experience building or scaling systems serving millions of requests;
• Leveraged hands-on production experience with Go;
• Developed a strong understanding of observability, reliability, and operational excellence;
• Contributed to modernizing or evolving backend platforms.
 

Here's the deal:

• Growth and learning opportunities: time dedicated to learning, conferences, online learning platforms, and books for your professional development;
• Health and wellness: we want you to feel and be your best. That's why we offer various benefits, from online workouts, a physical coach and a gym to regular mental health checks;
• Tools of your choice: choose technical equipment and the tools you need to do your best;
• Community and celebrations: get ready for long-lasting traditions such as yearly workation, Friday get-togethers, various team buildings and company celebrations;
• Convenient commuting: traveling from point A to point B can be a pain. That’s why, depending on your unique circumstances, we compensate part of your public transport costs;
• Work-life balance: We encourage working in the office, with the possibility of up to two remote days per week. Plus, with our WFA policy, you can work from almost anywhere in the world;
• Premium Surfshark accounts: for you, your family, and friends;
• Gross salary: 6000 - 7200 Eur/month for the Lithuanian market, 24000-33400 PLN/month for the Polish market. It may vary depending on your skills and experience.