~24d ago

Senior Backend Developer (Go) — Full Remote, European Timezones Only (UTC−1 to UTC+3)

Switzerland·Mendrisiosenior

EngineeringBackend Developer

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//weare.jobtome.com/) — an HR Tech company building the modern web applications that companies use to run complex hiring and recruitment workflows at scale. Our products are highly interactive,

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EngineeringBackend Developer

Requirements

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Responsibilities

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Design, build, and maintain backend services written in Go
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Build and evolve APIs (GraphQL and/or REST) behind complex product workflows
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Design scalable, reliable, and maintainable backend architectures
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Work closely with frontend engineers, product managers, data engineers, and designers
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Contribute to data modeling, business logic, and performance optimization
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Review code and take part in architectural and technical discussions
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Raise the bar on code quality, testing, observability, and system resilience
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Actively tackle refactoring, technical debt, and long-term improvements
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Own backend features end to end, from design to production
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Take part in Agile ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, retrospectives)

Go sits at the center of everything. Around it, you'll work with (and should be comfortable with):

API design (GraphQL and/or REST)
PostgreSQL (or similar relational databases)
BigQuery and other NoSQL databases
Distributed systems and service-oriented architectures
Docker and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab pipelines preferred)
A cloud-infrastructure mindset (GCP or other providers)
Observability tools (logging, metrics, tracing)
Testing (unit and/or integration)
Kubernetes

Nice to Have

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Working experience with Python
Exposure to Protobuf and gRPC

Titles vary — here's what we actually mean. A senior engineer at Jobtome can:

Work independently without needing perfect specs
Own complex features and systems
Make informed architectural decisions and explain the trade-offs
Write clean, maintainable, well-structured code
Spot problems early and propose solutions
Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical people alike
Raise the team's quality bar through example and reviews

Full remote — from anywhere within UTC−1 to UTC+3 (yes, we're repeating it on purpose)
Core hours, with flexibility around them
Daily working language: English