Senior Go Backend Developer

What You Will Do:

• Contribute to the development of our backend written in Go and maintain our microservice architecture used to communicate with our frontend (based on TypeScript React). To do this, you’ll use event buses like Kafka and SQS/SNS in order to have reliable asynchronous microservice communication.
• Work in a community of developers with whom you’ll share knowledge and contribute to peer code reviews.
• Work with modern databases such as Druid – but also with MySQL and Redis, where you’ll optimize queries and the way we query data to deliver few-millisecond response times.
• Support partners by providing them with raw or aggregated data based on their business needs – we believe in data transparency and well-documented open APIs.
• Collaborate with our Data Science team to solve complex math problems used to optimize our ML algorithms that are dedicated to delivering the right ads to the right users and integrate their solutions into adjoe’s application.
• Be responsible for collecting the billions of daily API events and aggregating them in our Kafka and Kinesis streams with the goal of querying them from the data lake in a matter of seconds.
• Be part of an international English-speaking team dedicated to scaling our adtech platform beyond our hundreds of millions of monthly active users.

Who You Are:

• You have worked in software development for 5+ years.
• You have gained profound experience with building web applications in Go for at least 3 years.
• You also know how work effectively with key-value databases (Redis, DynamoDB) and to optimize their use for high-volume traffic
• You know how to profile a go application and figure out bottlenecks and have used this already in your work to optimize the code of the application
• You have experience working with infrastructure as code (Terraform), Docker, and serverless infrastructure
• You have worked on a large go application with a considerable amount of traffic 
• You are open to relocating to Hamburg, Germany

Fuel for the Journey: Benefits to Support Your Ambitions

• Invest in Your Future: Regular feedback and our development program support your growth, helping you expand your skill set and achieve your career goals.
• Easy Arrival to adjoe: From signing to settling in Hamburg, we’ve got you covered. Need a visa? No problem. Ready to build your new life and career at adjoe in Hamburg? We support every ambition—from learning German to a relocation bonus that helps you make Hamburg feel like home.
• Live Your Best Life, at Work and Beyond: We work in a hybrid setup with core office days on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, plus flexible working hours.  Enjoy 30 vacation days, 3 weeks of remote work per year, and free access to an in-house gym with lots of different fitness classes and mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Thrive Where You Work: Enjoy the Alster lake view from our central office with top-notch equipment, fun open spaces, and a large variety of snacks and drinks.
• Join the Community! Participate in regular team and company events, including hackathons and social gatherings. We work together, and we celebrate together, too.