Golang Engineer

Our client is a European insurtech company providing digital insurance solutions and embedded protection products, enabling seamless integration of insurance offerings into e-commerce and financial platforms across multiple markets.

Responsibilities  

• Design and build high-performance services: Develop and maintain scalable APIs (gRPC and REST) powering core insurance services.
• Own end-to-end delivery: Drive microservices from requirements gathering, architecture, and implementation through deployment and operational support.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: Work with Product, DevOps, and other teams to translate feature requests into robust, scalable technical solutions.
• Champion engineering excellence: Establish and promote best practices including code reviews, automated testing, observability (tracing, logging, metrics), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure compliance and security: Adhere to security policies, coding standards, and regulatory requirements relevant to the financial and insurance sector.
• Optimize for production: Monitor and improve service reliability, performance, and cost in production environments.

Must Have

• 6+ years of backend development experience, with 3+ years working with Golang in production
• Proven track record designing and evolving gRPC and REST-based APIs at scale
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and cloud-native patterns
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and modern DevOps workflows
• Experience with PostgreSQL and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for building clean, efficient, and maintainable systems
• Regular use of AI tools to improve productivity, automate or reduce repetitive work, support decision-making, and deliver higher-quality outcomes.
• Ability to use AI tools responsibly by structuring effective prompts, critically validating outputs, understanding limitations, and taking ownership of the final result.
• Excellent English communication skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment

Nice to Have

• Experience in the insurance, fintech, or broader financial services domain
• Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger)
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Helm)
• German language skills are a plus

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