Backend Engineer – Platform Boosters

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design, develop, and continuously evolve Go-based gRPC services, including OAuth flows, integrations, and caching strategies
• ▹Develop and operate service backends in TypeScript (e.g., with Hono), including internal and merchant APIs, background workers, and scheduled jobs
• ▹Design contract-first APIs (Protobuf/OpenAPI), including versioning strategies and safe rollouts across multiple consuming services
• ▹Ensure data reliability and consistency across Redis caches, MySQL persistence, and asynchronous job queues (e.g., SQS)
• ▹Implement security and multi-tenant access patterns, including M2M authentication, signed query parameters, and internal auth mechanisms
• ▹Build observability and resilience: structured logging, metrics, tracing, retry mechanisms, and backpressure strategies
• ▹Collaborate closely with Platform and Infrastructure teams to optimize AWS-based deployments (ECS, Terraform, CI/CD, secrets management)

Requirements

• ▹5+ years of backend development experience in Go and/or TypeScript (Node.js)
• ▹Solid experience using AI-assisted coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Antigravity), with well-defined processes to ensure high-quality code generation
• ▹Strong background in distributed systems, APIs (gRPC/REST), and service-to-service integrations
• ▹Experience with relational databases (MySQL) and caching systems (Redis) in production under high load
• ▹Knowledge of asynchronous processing and job queues (SQS or similar)
• ▹Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), containerized deployments (Docker, ECS), and Terraform infrastructure as code
• ▹Clear communication, strong ownership mindset, fluent English

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Open culture, flat hierarchy, initiative encouraged
• ▹Permanent contracts offering long-term security
• ▹Flexible working hours, mobile work, and full-remote contract options
• ▹Free choice of work hardware
• ▹Well-structured onboarding with a personal "buddy"

About the company

Shopware is a leading open-source e-commerce system used by some of Europe's largest B2C and B2B brands and retailers. The new team owns the Shopware Pulse product area, covering subscription, payment, and overage management.