Duration: ASAP – 31.10.2026
Workload: Full time hours
Setup: Freelance (JDG / Daily rate / Limited Company / Umbrella / Sole Trader)
Location: Remote within EU
Rate: €240 per day
We need an experienced Go Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and operate backend services and infrastructure APIs for a large?scale, sovereign cloud platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and operate backend services and infrastructure APIs using Go.
- Build and maintain REST and gRPC APIs within cloud?native, distributed systems.
- Deploy and manage workloads on Kubernetes using Docker and Helm.
- Design and optimise database schemas and queries using PostgreSQL and/or MariaDB.
- Contribute to secure, scalable, and highly available cloud environments.
- Work hands?on with CI/CD pipelines in a DevOps?driven setup.
- Collaborate across engineering teams to support platform reliability and performance.
Must?Have Skills:
- Production experience building backend services and infrastructure APIs in Go.
- Strong experience with REST and gRPC API design in distributed systems.
- Solid Kubernetes experience, including Docker and Helm.
- Working knowledge of PostgreSQL and/or MariaDB, including optimisation.
- Understanding of cloud infrastructure and IaaS concepts.
- Hands?on CI/CD experience in a DevOps environment.
- Good command of English.
Nice?to?Have:
- OpenStack experience.
- German language skills.
- Experience using AI tools in day?to?day development workflows.
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Seniority Level
Mid-Senior level
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Industry
- IT Services and IT Consulting
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Employment Type
Contract
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Job Functions
- Information Technology
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Skills
- Back-End Web Development
- AutoCAD
- Python (Programming Language)
- C++
- Android
- Hibernate
- Java
- .NET Framework