Senior Go Backend Developer (Remote)

At Relai, we are on a mission to make Bitcoin the go-to savings technology—simple, accessible, and secure. As Europe's leading Bitcoin startup, we're pioneering the future of Bitcoin investing by making it effortless for individuals and institutions alike to buy, sell, and hold Bitcoin without complexity or middlemen. With $12M in Series A funding and rapid growth, we are expanding our team of passionate Bitcoiners.

We're looking for a Senior Go Developer (m/f/d) to play a pivotal role in enhancing Relai's mobile experience, ensuring high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) and small-medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have a seamless and secure way to grow their Bitcoin holdings. Your contributions will directly impact our ability to deliver an intuitive, world-class app for Bitcoin investing.

Your Role

As a Senior Go developer, you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality backend microservices using Go, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, DevOps engineers, and QA/test engineers, to deliver robust and well-tested solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and audits, providing constructive feedback to maintain high standards of code quality and best practices.
• Optimize application performance, ensuring efficient use of resources and minimal latency in production systems.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, participating in the design of distributed systems and ensuring the system's modularity and maintainability.
• Implement and maintain APIs, ensuring seamless communication between services and external systems.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues, debugging production-level problems quickly and effectively.
• Stay up to date with Go best practices, new tools, and industry trends, and share knowledge with the team.
  
  

What You Bring

• 5+ years of professional experience in a similar backend development role, with a strong focus on building scalable systems.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Go (Golang), demonstrating proficiency in writing clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
• A strong preference for simple, iterative solutions, with a commitment to continuous improvement and optimization.
• An obsession with maintainable, high-quality code, adhering to best practices and ensuring long-term sustainability.
• A self-starter mindset, capable of working independently and delivering results with minimal supervision.
• Proven experience in API development, including designing and maintaining RESTful or gRPC interfaces.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools to streamline development and deployment workflows.
• Experience working in an agile environment, embracing collaboration, feedback, and iterative progress.
• Solid knowledge of cloud and microservice design patterns, with an understanding of distributed systems architecture.
  
  

Why Join Relai?

• 100% remote work – Join a fully remote, flexible team working across Europe.
• Relai provides you with the latest MacBook laptop and an iPhone to ensure smooth and effective work.
• Competitive salary + employee participation – We grow together.
• 0% fees on Bitcoin purchases at Relai – stack sats effortlessly.
• Meaningful perks – Blinkist, Spotify, and Netflix subscriptions on us.
• A senior role in a fast-growing Bitcoin company – Make a real impact in shaping the future of Bitcoin adoption in Europe.