Senior Backend Engineer (all genders) - Golang

Job summary

MEET Urb*** We are among the leading platforms for sports and wellness in Europe, dedicated to inspiring people to live active, healthy lives. With just one membership we offer access to thousands of fitness and wellness experiences across the continent. But what truly sets us apart?

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• With just one membership we offer access to thousands of fitness and wellness experiences across the continent.
• We are looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our Foundation Engineering team.
• and translate them into scalable, domain-agnostic solutions.
• WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED
• You have extensive industry experience as a Senior Backend Engineer developing, optimizing, and troubleshooting large-scale applications written in Go (6+ years)
• You have a solid understanding of (or direct experience with) core foundational services like Identity/Authentication protocols (e.g., Keycloak, OAuth2, OIDC) and search engines.
• You possess a deep understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed system design.
• You know how to build modular, high-volume services that remain performant under heavy traffic.
• You have a track record of designing clean, secure, and developer-friendly internal APIs that scale across multiple engineering teams.
• You are comfortable working within cloud ecosystems (GCP/AWS) from an application perspective, understanding how to leverage cloud-managed services efficiently.
• You break down complex, abstract problems into elegant software solutions.
• You communicate effectively with technical stakeholders and love mentoring others.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you won't just be building features for a single product; You will be crafting the very core services that power the entire Urb*** ecosystem.
• We are responsible for application-level, system-wide services that enable our multi-million user base to interact with our platform seamlessly.
• You will act as a force multiplier for our entire engineering department.
• By designing highly scalable, secure, and performant internal APIs and services, you will enable other product teams to build fast and deliver value to our users.
• Own Core System Services: Architect, develop, and maintain high-throughput, application-level foundational services, focusing initially on identity/authentication and our core search backend service.
• Drive Technical Evolution: Design and implement future shared services that support our vision for scaling the platform.
• Enable Engineering Teams: Build clean, robust, and well-documented internal APIs and developer

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