Senior Backend Engineer (Go)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Go): Building and optimizing high-traffic, business-critical backend services for the Incogni and Ironwall platforms with an accent on service architecture, domain modeling, and scalability. Focus on solving concurrency challenges, identifying performance bottlenecks, and driving the evolution of a secure, high-performance service platform.

Location: Hybrid (Lithuania or Poland)

Salary: €6,000–€7,200 per month (Lithuanian market) or 24,000–33,400 PLN per month (Polish market)

Company

A global cybersecurity and privacy company providing tools like hirify.global, Incogni, and Ironwall to protect user data and online identity.

What you will do

• Design and evolve high-traffic, business-critical backend services primarily using Go.
• Lead architectural decisions regarding domain modeling, service boundaries, and deployment strategies.
• Collaborate with senior and lead engineers to drive the evolution of the service platform.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and scalability challenges to propose pragmatic, long-term solutions.
• Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, from initial design to production rollout.
• Write clean, production-grade code while raising engineering standards across the team.

Requirements

• Strong experience building production-grade backend systems.
• Solid understanding of software design principles, distributed systems, and API design.
• Experience with databases, messaging systems, and service-oriented or event-driven architectures.
• Ability to reason about concurrency, performance, and reliability.
• Must be based in or have work authorization for the Lithuanian or Polish markets.

Nice to have

• Experience building or scaling systems serving millions of requests.
• Deep hands-on production experience with Go.
• Strong understanding of observability, reliability, and operational excellence.

Culture & Benefits

• Professional development budget for learning, conferences, and books.
• Comprehensive health and wellness perks, including gym, physical coach, and mental health checks.
• Flexible choice of technical equipment and tools.
• Strong community culture with yearly workations and regular team celebrations.
• Partial compensation for public transport costs.
• Hybrid work model with a Work From Anywhere (WFA) policy.

Hiring process

• Introductory meeting to get to know the candidate.
• Technical task or technical interview.
• Final meeting with the team.