Founding Backend Engineer(Go)

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<p><span style="color:#121317">At TechBiz Global, we are providing recruitment service to our TOP clients from our portfolio. We are currently seeking a </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">Founding Backend Engineer(Go) </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">to join one of our </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">clients</span></strong><span style="color:#121317">' team in Berlin. If you're looking for an exciting opportunity to grow in a innovative environment, this could be the perfect fit for you.<br></span></p><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Key Responsibilities:</span></strong></p><ul><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Develop and maintain backend applications using Go</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Design and optimize cloud-based solutions using AWS services (EC2, Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, etc.)</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Design, use and manage databases, including PostgreSQL, Neo4J, Redis, and Elasticsearch</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Develop, manage, and optimize containerized applications using Docker</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Automate processes using Bash/Python scripting</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Optimize and maintain RESTful APIs, ensuring security and performance</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Work closely with frontend engineers, DevOps, and product team to deliver robust applications</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Monitor, debug, and improve backend performance, reliability, and scalability</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Implement caching, messaging queues, and event-driven architectures where needed</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Build whole platform from scratch</span></p></li></ul> <br> <ul><li><p class="p1"><strong><span style="color:#121317">5+ years </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">of</span><strong><span style="color:#121317"> GoLang </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">experience</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Hands-on coding mentality; </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">can build things from scratch and familiar with different architectures</span></strong></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Hands-on experience with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">Docker, Kubernetes</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> (EKS) and containerized workloads</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Experience designing </span></span><strong><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">RESTful</span></span></strong><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> and </span></span><strong><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">gRPC</span></span></strong><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> APIs and using frameworks like </span></span><strong><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Gin</span></span></strong></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Hands-on experience with messaging systems (e.g., </span></span><strong><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">SQS</span></span></strong><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">, </span></span><strong><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Kafka</span></span></strong><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">)</span></span></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Experience with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">CI/CD pipelines</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> (GitHub Actions or similar)</span></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Experience operating </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">PostgreSQL (RDS / Aurora), Neo4J(or similar)</span></strong></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Experience with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">AI agents</span></strong><span style="color:#121317">, LLM-based systems, MCP, RAG, Prompts, Embeddings, Vector, etc</span></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Experience with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">AI stack</span></strong><span style="color:#121317">(AWS Bedrock, LangChain, pgvector or similar)</span></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Experience with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">Infrastructure as Code</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> (Terraform)</span></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Experience with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">monitoring, logging, observability</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> (Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus)</span></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Ability to </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">troubleshoot</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> production issues end to end</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Experience with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">Coding CoPilots</span></strong><span style="color:#121317">(Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, AWS CodeWhisperer, Codex, etc.)</span></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Experience supporting </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">production SaaS platforms</span></strong></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Strong understanding of </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">SaaS integrations</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> and app-to-app permission flows</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">High ownership mentality, startup mindset, and ability to move quickly</span></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Experience in </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">startup or scale-up environments</span></strong></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Low ego, high commitment, and a </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">true tech startup mentality</span></strong></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">Strong </span></span><strong><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF">problem-solving skills</span></span></strong><span style="color:#121317"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF"> and ability to work in a collaborative environment</span></span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Excellent </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">English</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> communication skills</span></p></li></ul><p class="p2" style="text-align:start;min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="p3" style="text-align:start;"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Nice-to-have requirements:</span></strong></p><ul><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Experience working with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">Java</span></strong></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Ability to code in </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">Python</span></strong></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Experience with security architecture, identity security, or </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">security engineering</span></strong></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Familiarity with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">compliance frameworks</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> (NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC 2)</span></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Experience with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">AWS</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> in production environments</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Exposure to </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">graph-based modeling</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> (identity graph, access graph, risk graph)</span></p></li></ul><ul><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">Familiarity with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">compliance frameworks</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> (NIS2, DORA, ISO 27001, SOC 2)</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Understanding of </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">OAuth/OIDC, API tokens, IdP, scopes, SSO, SCIM, roles, RBAC/ABAC, service accounts</span></strong></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Familiarity with cloud identity and security controls (e.g. </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">IAM, CloudTrail, Azure Active Directory / Entra ID</span></strong><span style="color:#121317">)</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Hands-on with SIEM platforms such as </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, or IBM QRadar</span></strong></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Experience designing </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">permission models, identity graphs, or access control frameworks</span></strong></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Knowledge of tokenization, </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">Zero Trust principles</span></strong><span style="color:#121317">, least privilege, and continuous verification</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Experience with Security related to </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">AI/LLM systems, agent logic, or willingness to learn fast</span></strong></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Familiarity with </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">AI agent behavior</span></strong><span style="color:#121317">, LLM security, or agent sandboxing</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Previous experience in </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">cybersecurity</span></strong><span style="color:#121317">, identity startups</span></p></li><li><p class="p1"><span style="color:#121317">You are a fan of </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">rock or metal</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> music</span></p></li><li><p><span style="color:#121317">Excellent </span><strong><span style="color:#121317">German</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> communication skills</span></p></li></ul><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p style="text-align:start;"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Benefits:</span></strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Founding Team Member Equity</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — ESOPs in a cybersecurity company</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Competitive Compensation</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — salary aligned with market, flexible early-stage arrangements possible</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Founding Team Member Status</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — shape the company from day one and own critical technical decisions</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Fresh Funding Secured</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — immediate runway to build, hire, and execute fast</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Security Contribution</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — contribute to security architecture across identity, AI agents, and enforcement</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">High Autonomy</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — freedom to design and build without corporate overhead</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Work with a Technical CEO and CPTO</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — fast iteration, strong alignment, clear direction</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Cutting-Edge Domain</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — identity security, SaaS-to-SaaS access, AI agent governance</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Massive Learning Curve</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — quickly gain depth in cybersecurity, identity, and AI systems</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Fast Career Path</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — opportunity evolve into leadership as we scale the engineering team</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Berlin Location</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — top-tier tech environment with strong cybersecurity and AI ecosystems</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Direct Impact</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> — your architecture and code become the foundation of the entire platform</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Best Equipment and Tools</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> - High quality equipment and modern tools to help you do your best work from day one</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span style="color:#121317">Team Offsites - </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Regular team offsites designed to build strong connections, alignment, and shared momentum</span></p></li></ul><p>Find <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.com">Jobs in Germany</a> on Arbeitnow</a>

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