Senior Go Backend Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Go Backend Engineer (Fintech): Build the new backend platform used in 200+ countries with an accent on API design, PostgreSQL schema management, and distributed system integration. Focus on high-availability, secure communication, and performance at global scale.

Location: Amazing office next to the train station in Utrecht with 2 working from home days.

Salary: €85.000 and €105.000

Company

Your employer builds a globally adopted product that has already proven itself at very large scale.

What you will do

• Design and implement APIs.
• Create and evolve domain logic.
• Manage PostgreSQL schemas and migrations.
• Improve performance, reliability and operability.
• Integrate backend logic with distributed components.

Requirements

• At least 2+ years of commercial Go experience.
• 7+ years of backend development experience.
• Experience working on systems serving large user bases.
• Strong backend fundamentals and distributed systems understanding.
• PostgreSQL schema design, migrations, performance.
• Experience designing and maintaining REST APIs.
• Cloud experience (GCP is a strong plus; AWS/Azure welcome).
• Strong sense of ownership, pragmatic mindset, senior IC level.
• Eligible only if you hold nationality from a NATO member country
• Fluency in English, comfortable with nuance and async collaboration.

Nice to have

• Experience working at a startup or scaleup is a big plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Company stock options, sharing directly in long-term success.
• 25 vacation days.
• Choice of your own hardware.
• Budget for training, conferences and continuous learning.
• The rare opportunity to build new backend systems inside a product with massive global adoption.
• A small, exceptionally senior team where productivity and impact are unusually high.