Golang Backend Software Engineer

We’re looking for a Go Backend Software Engineer to help design, build, and operate backend services and infrastructure APIs for a large‑scale, sovereign cloud platform. You’ll work across cloud‑native distributed systems, Kubernetes, databases, and CI/CD tooling to ensure a secure, scalable, and highly available environment.

• Freelance cooperation

• Start date: ASAP

• Duration: until 31.11.2026, with the possibility of extension for an additional 6-12 months

Requirements:

• Really strong experience with Go

• Experience designing and operating high-throughput, large-scale APIs or microservices

• Solid understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, networking, and database fundamentals

• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, observability, and CI/CD

• Ability to troubleshoot performance, reliability, and production issues

• Good command of English (German is a plus)

Nice to have:

• Experienced in using AI tools in day-to-day workflow

Main responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable backend services in Go

• Improve system performance, reliability, and maintainability

• Build APIs and integrations between distributed components

• Review code and contribute to technical design decisions