2 months ago
Remote, EMEASenior
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain core APIs and backend services for the mobile app and marketplace.
- Own production operations and monitoring for backend systems.
- Review backend designs and API changes across squads to ensure compatibility with mobile-app constraints.
- Integrate third-party systems and APIs into the platform.
- Own the design and implementation of new features and services.
- Identify and promote engineering best practices and standards.
- Document and demonstrate technical solutions through clear documentation and code.
- Mentor junior engineers and onboard new colleagues.
- Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and business stakeholders.
- Occasionally propagate backend changes to frontend applications.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of experience designing and building scalable backend services in modern production environments.
- Strong proficiency in Go and a deep understanding of distributed systems and service-oriented architecture.
- Comfort with JavaScript and TypeScript, or the ability to quickly learn Node.js.
- Experience working on a team that builds and maintains a native mobile app, including knowledge of mobile API design, versioning, backward compatibility, release cycles, latency, and offline behavior.
- Strong SQL and relational database-design skills.
- General frontend knowledge and the ability to perform basic frontend tasks.
- Strong ownership, initiative, learning ability, and clear collaborative communication.
- Excellent English skills and residence in a European time zone.
- A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience, is desired.
- Experience reviewing designs and guiding engineers across squads is a bonus.
Benefits
- Fully remote work with the option to work from the Vienna office.
- Flexible self-organization and support for work-life balance.
- Office weeks three times per year with team-building events and onsite workshops.
- Dedicated departmental learning budget for courses, conferences, and other development opportunities.
- Private personal-growth and mental-health sessions through Likeminded.
- Internal workshops for skill development and cross-department collaboration.
- Dog-friendly Vienna office.
Tech Stack
GoGoogle Cloud PlatformgRPCJavaScriptKubernetesNode.jsPostgreSQLRabbitMQReact NativeRedisSQLTailwind CSSTypeScriptVue.js
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About refurbed
Refurbed runs an online marketplace for refurbished electronics—smartphones, laptops, tablets and more—connecting vetted sellers with consumers across Europe. The privately held company, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Vienna, operates in 23 countries and reports profitability after surpassing €2B in GMV. Revenue comes from marketplace commissions and value-added services such as warranties, with a standardized refurbishment process to ensure products function like new.