Senior Backend Engineer (all genders) - Golang at Urban Sports Club

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Updated 2026-11-05, from our data and official sources.

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Own and evolve core platform services (initial focus: Identity & Authentication and Search backend).
- Architect and implement high-throughput, secure, and maintainable internal APIs in Golang.
- Design scalable shared services (notifications, discovery, etc.) and drive technical direction for foundation components.
- Ensure operational excellence: monitor, alert, troubleshoot, and take on-call responsibility for owned services.
- Produce testable, well-documented code and promote modular architecture and automated testing across teams.
- Collaborate with product owners, tech leads and product teams to translate requirements into robust system designs.

Requirements:
- Strong production experience with Golang and system-level application design.
- Proven background in distributed systems, API design, and performance/scale optimizations.
- Hands-on familiarity with Identity protocols (OAuth2, OIDC) and systems like Keycloak or similar.
- Experience with search backends or search-engine technologies (design/optimization/query routing helpful).
- Cloud experience (GCP and/or AWS) and solid testing/CI practices.
- Good knowledge of security, modular architectures, and ability to mentor peers and drive best practices.

Responsibilities

Architect and maintain high-throughput foundational services, specifically focusing on identity, authentication, and search backends. Develop scalable internal APIs and developer tools to enable other product teams to build features rapidly.

Requirements

Requires over 6 years of industry experience as a Senior Backend Engineer with expertise in Go and distributed system design. Proficiency in authentication protocols and cloud ecosystems (GCP/AWS) is essential, with PHP knowledge being a plus.

Key skills

• Golang — in 64 other listings on The Stack
• System Design — in 199 other listings on The Stack
• Distributed Systems — in 342 other listings on The Stack
• Identity & Authentication — in 1 other listing on The Stack
• OAuth2 — in 7 other listings on The Stack
• OIDC — in 27 other listings on The Stack
• Keycloak — in 13 other listings on The Stack
• Search Engines — in 1 other listing on The Stack
• API Design
• GCP
• AWS
• PHP
• Modular Architecture
• Automated Testing
• Data Structures
• Algorithms

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-05)

• Urban Sports Club has 3 other listings on The Stack, 2 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 166 visa-sponsored jobs in Germany on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 68 visa-sponsored backend engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about Urban Sports Club

Is this Senior Backend Engineer (all genders) - Golang role still open?

It was posted on 2026-07-15. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Urban Sports Club's site before applying.

Does Urban Sports Club offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Urban Sports Club's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as Germany. It is marked on-site.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Golang, System Design, Distributed Systems, Identity & Authentication, OAuth2, OIDC, Keycloak, Search Engines, API Design, GCP, AWS, PHP, Modular Architecture, Automated Testing, Data Structures, Algorithms.