Summary

Remote Crew is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong Go (Golang) and infrastructure expertise to design and scale distributed systems powering conversational AI experiences for large enterprise retailers. This role combines backend development with DevOps responsibilities, requiring someone who can build reliable services, manage infrastructure-as-code, and collaborate closely with product, AI, and frontend teams to deliver scalable, customer-facing features in a fast-moving environment.

Salary: €60k – €80k per year

Location: Remote-first in Europe

What You'll Do

Design, build and maintain distributed backend systems using Go and cloud infrastructure (AWS)
Develop and scale services using Kafka, Postgres, DynamoDB and other cloud-native technologies
Define, implement and manage infrastructure-as-code using Terraform for cloud resource provisioning
Design, deploy and manage Kubernetes clusters for containerized application orchestration
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable, frequent deployments
Collaborate with product, AI and frontend teams to deliver scalable customer-facing features
Own key parts of platform infrastructure including messaging orchestration, data pipelines and deployment systems
Ensure reliability, observability and operational excellence across services
Define and track performance metrics to improve system performance and business outcomes
Implement security best practices and compliance requirements in infrastructure design
Contribute to code reviews, mentor teammates and promote engineering best practices

What We're Looking For

5+ years of experience in software engineering roles building backend or distributed systems
Strong experience with Go (Golang) for backend service development
Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code (mandatory)
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration (mandatory)
Solid experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and services
Experience with event-driven architectures and technologies (Kafka, Postgres, DynamoDB)
Strong understanding of system design, concurrency and data consistency
Proven experience in DevOps or infrastructure engineering roles
Experience working in fast-paced or startup environments
Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
Fluent English and strong communication skills in distributed teams
Frontend experience (React, TypeScript) or Python knowledge - nice to have
Background as a security engineer - nice to have
Experience with compliance certifications (ISO, SOC 2) - nice to have
Knowledge of security best practices and infrastructure hardening - nice to have

Senior Software Engineer (Golang)