Senior Backend Engineer

Content Fleet

Job

In this role, you design backend services in Go, implement secure and efficient systems for high data loads, and monitor their operation. You optimize existing services and oversee the migration from legacy applications.

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Your role in the team

  • Design, build and run backend services in Go, from concept through to production and beyond.
  • Shape the architecture of our content platforms and our ad tech stack, with a focus on performance, reliability, security and simplicity.
  • Work on high-traffic systems and large data volumes, from real-time event streams to analytical reporting across billions of records.
  • Build services that are secure by default: authentication, access control, user data protection, and compliance with privacy requirements.
  • Move the remaining legacy services to Go and help keep our codebase lean.
  • Take ownership of key technical topics and drive decisions together with the team.
  • Review code, mentor other engineers, and help set technical standards.

Our expectations of you

Qualifications

  • A strong grasp of concurrency, distributed systems, and designing for scale.
  • Solid understanding of application security: common vulnerabilities, authentication and authorization, secure handling of secrets and personal data.
  • A preference for simple, explicit code over heavy frameworks and deep abstractions.
  • Good knowledge of English and/or German.

Experience

  • Several years of professional backend development, with Go as your main language.
  • Solid experience with SQL and relational databases (we mainly use MySQL), including query optimization.
  • Hands-on experience with several parts of our data stack: MongoDB, ClickHouse, Kafka, Redis.
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including automated testing and deployments.
  • Experience with Linux and running services in production: monitoring, debugging, performance tuning.
  • Experience with Rust is a plus.

What we offer

  • As part of the Ströer Digital Group, we combine the benefits of a large corporation with those of an agency environment:
  • Creative and independent tasks in a rapidly growing, innovative company.
  • Diverse and challenging projects.
  • A great working environment as part of a highly motivated, international and competent team.
  • An open company culture where your talent and personality have room to shine.
  • We want you to stay: Whether full-time or part-time, we offer permanent contracts and opportunities for professional development.
  • Family, friends and hobbies? There should be time for all of them. That's why we offer a good work-life balance and flexible working hours.
  • Contributions towards the Deutschlandticket and company pension scheme.
  • Various employee discounts and attractive offers (JobRad, etc.).
  • A ping-pong table and a billiard table.

Benefits

Higher take-home pay

Food & drink

Topics you will work on

Job locations

About your employer

The Content Fleet GmbH was founded in 2010 in Hamburg. Its home port is in the historic Speicherstadt district – one of the most successful content marketing agencies in Germany.

Company type
Established Company
Work model
Onsite
Industry
Advertising, Marketing, PR · Media, Publishing · Internet, IT, Telecommunication
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Senior Backend Engineer

Content Fleet