Senior Golang Engineer Central Europe

We are hiring on behalf of our client, a global leader in the meal kit delivery industry that helps millions of customers cook healthy, homemade meals without the stress of meal planning or grocery shopping.

As part of Zoolatech’s distributed engineering team, you will contribute to the development of scalable backend services powering a global digital platform used by millions of customers worldwide. You will work in a modern cloud-native environment where engineering teams own services end-to-end, from design and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

You will collaborate with experienced engineers, product managers, designers, and data teams to build reliable, high-performance solutions while contributing to a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous learning.

Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Golang

Build and evolve cloud-native microservices and distributed systems

Design and implement event-driven solutions using messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or AWS SNS/SQS

Take ownership of services throughout their lifecycle, including development, testing, deployment, monitoring, and operational improvements

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions aligned with business goals

Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following engineering best practices

Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical decision-making

Contribute to improving system reliability, scalability, performance, and observability

Continuously learn and adopt new technologies and engineering practices

Strong commercial experience with Golang

Solid background in backend development, microservices, and distributed systems

Experience building event-driven architectures using Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SNS/SQS, or similar messaging technologies

Experience with Docker and Kubernetes

Good understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred)

Experience designing REST APIs (gRPC is a plus)

Solid knowledge of relational databases

Strong understanding of testing practices, including unit and integration testing

Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently

Good communication skills and English sufficient for collaborating with international teams

Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools

Experience with Redis, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, or GraphQL

Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Open Telemetry

Experience working with high-scale distributed systems

Exposure to JVM languages or Python

Experience in e-commerce or other large-scale consumer platforms