Senior Golang Software Engineer (all genders) - simplesurance

About The Job

This Backend position focuses on the architecture and development of a platform using a Go-based gRPC microservice framework. The role is responsible for developing & maintaining the backend infrastructure powering multiple applications, with a primary emphasis on secure API design and high‑availability system performance. It involves maintaining rigorous engineering standards through comprehensive code reviews.

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join our team and make a real impact! Ready to take on new challenges? As part of our team, you’ll be contributing to cutting-edge projects that are shaping the future of our company and the industry.

Key Responsibilities

• Write high-performance, concurrent Go code that powers our product's growth. Focus on efficiency and correctness, ensuring our business logic handles edge cases gracefully.
• Participate in providing practical feedback on data models and service boundaries to help us refine our gRPC ecosystem. While you won't be solely responsible for the architecture, your voice matters.
• Turn functional requirements into strictly typed gRPC and REST APIs. Help define API contracts that ensure consistency and backward compatibility across our services.
• Act as a steward of code quality. Through rigorous code reviews and constructive feedback, you will ensure the codebase remains idiomatic, testable, and secure.
• Implement application-layer resilience patterns to ensure uptime, independent of the underlying infrastructure.

Bring to the Team

• Proven experience working in a microservices environment. You understand the complexities of distributed state, eventual consistency, and network fallacies.
• Deep production experience with Go. You understand how the runtime works; garbage collection, channel patterns, and context management are second nature to you.
• Implement established patterns but aren't afraid to speak up if you see a potential bottleneck. You thrive in an environment where architecture is a team sport.
• View testing (e.g., unit tests, integration tests) as part of the development process, not a chore. You take pride in shipping code that is easy to read and hard to break.
• Fluent Business English and can explain technical trade-offs clearly to peers and product stakeholders.
• Bonus Point: Experience implementing authentication workflows (e.g., OAuth2, OIDC) or working with Identity Providers (IDPs).

Even if you don’t check all the boxes, we are happy to receive your CV.

What We Offer

• A hybrid environment that fosters flexibility
• Working-from-abroad policy of up to 25 days per year
• 28 vacation days, plus full paid time off on Christmas & New Year’s Eve
• Allianz shares guided by our investment policy
• Sabbatical leave of up to 2 months after your first year
• Learning & development opportunities via our Degreed platform
• Employee Referral Programme
• Regular company events and an open, growth-oriented culture

Location-Specific Benefits

Germany

• Choice between a free Deutschland ticket or Internet subsidy
• An exceptional company-supported pension plan
• JobRad leasing (bike leasing with insurance & checkups sponsored)
• Centrally located HQ with excellent U-Bahn and S-Bahn access

At simplesurance, we are committed to providing equal opportunities to all.