Senior Software Engineer Golang (m/f/d)

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Golang) (m/f/d) to join Exaring AG. Exaring’s waipu.tv platform delivers IPTV live streaming to over a million customers across Germany and you’ll play a key role in our core CDN and ad‑tech infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high‑performance backend services for content delivery and ad insertion.
• Build resilient, observable systems optimized for low latency and high throughput.
• Collaborate with SRE and platform teams to deploy, monitor, and scale services in Kubernetes.
• Contribute to internal frameworks and libraries that power our CDN and real‑time decision systems.
• Develop APIs (REST and gRPC) that integrate with our data, analytics, and streaming pipelines.
• Participate in system design, code reviews, and continuous improvement of development processes.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in backend software development, with a focus on Go (Golang).
• Understanding of distributed systems, caching, high‑performance networking (HTTP/2, QUIC, CDN concepts).
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs and event‑driven systems.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure‑as‑code (Terraform).
• Experience with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Knowledge of ad‑tech, streaming, or large‑scale content delivery systems is a plus.
• Comfortable working in Linux environments and debugging system‑level issues.
• Good proficiency in spoken and written German or English.
• Availability for quarterly trips to the main office in Munich.

Benefits

• Remote‑first work environment and home office.
• Flexible working hours.
• Work on a product reaching millions of users in real time.
• Modern, high‑performance tech stack.
• Highly scalable infrastructure (multi‑terabit CDN scale).
• Real ownership, responsibility, and a strong, experienced engineering team.
• Regular team events such as mountain hikes.
• Personal learning budget for conferences, workshops, or further education.
• Comprehensive insurance package.
• 30 vacation days per year.

Hiring Process

• Talent Screening – 30 minutes with HR.
• Technical Interview – 60 minutes.
• Meet the CTO – 30 minutes with Nils.
• Meet the Team – 60 minutes with future colleagues.

Important note: A valid work permit for Germany is required for non‑EU citizens. Applications without a valid work permit and sufficient German language skills may not be considered.