Senior Backend Engineer – Go (Golang) (m/f/d)

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Senior Backend Engineer - Go (Golang) (m/f/d) | Fulltime| Remote

Your mission at vialytics:

Stop maintaining. Start building the future of city infrastructure.

At vialytics, you won't just maintain; you'll design, scale, and define backend services of our innovative smart city platform that helps cities digitize and simplify road infrastructure management. Your mission is to create reliable, intuitive, and highly scalable systems that process geodata, automate the detection of road damages, and streamline workflows for municipalities. We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer - Go (Golang) who thrives on moving features from a concept to reliable, production‑ready reality.

Your contribution to the product

Design and develop scalable backend services in Go, using clean architecture and modern best practices.
Build and maintain APIs and microservices using REST and gRPC, ensuring high performance and reliability.
Work with multiple data stores such as PostgreSQL (including PostGIS), MongoDB, and Redis to power data‑intensive workflows.
Integrate messaging and workflow systems such as Temporal and RabbitMQ to coordinate distributed components.
Contribute to system design and architecture decisions , ensuring scalability, observability, and fault tolerance.
Collaborate cross‑functionally with frontend and mobile teams (React/TypeScript, Flutter) to build cohesive product experiences.
Ensure high code quality through testing, code reviews, and CI/CD automation.
Take ownership of your domain, proactively identify issues, propose improvements, and deliver results with minimal oversight.

Key Skills you need to succeed in this role

Strong experience in Go (Golang) and PostgreSQL for backend service development.
Proven track record of independent work and ownership.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Optional Skills that give you an edge

Solid knowledge of gRPC, REST APIs, and service‑to‑service communication patterns.
Experience with PostGIS or other geospatial data processing systems.
Knowledge of React, JavaScript, or TypeScript for light full‑stack collaboration.
Exposure to Cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure‑as‑code.
Familiar with Observability tools (Grafana).
Interest in smart city technologies and geodata‑driven applications.
Hands‑on experience with MongoDB, and Redis.
Understanding of message queues (e.g. RabbitMQ) and workflow orchestration systems (e.g. Temporal).
Familiar with containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
Ability to write maintainable, well‑tested code and debug complex production issues.

What you can expect

Freedom for your ideas: You can shape, experiment, and contribute from day one. Your opinion matters – and we mean it.
Dynamic work environment: You'll gain valuable experience in a growing scale‑up with an agile team, short decision‑making paths, and plenty of room to take real ownership.
Strong together – from day one: Our international team brings together founding members and new talents with diverse perspectives. What unites us? Diversity, energy, and real team spirit – even in a remote setting.
Remote, office, or workation — you can have it all. Our remote first culture lets you work from anywhere within Germany - and Workation is possible upon agreement.
Lifelong learning: Your development matters to us. That’s why we offer you €1,500 of personal learning budget per year – for trainings, conferences, or other formats that help you grow.
Attractive benefits: With EGYM Wellpass, you get access to 8,000+ gyms and health facilities. On top, enjoy exclusive employee discounts via corporate benefits and FutureBens – for tech, travel, lifestyle, and more.