refurbed is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer – Remote Europe

About refurbed

Founded in 2017, refurbed is one of Europe’s fastest-growing marketplaces for refurbished products. The company operates across 23 European countries and has surpassed €2 billion in GMV, while remaining profitable.

Headquartered in Vienna, refurbed operates as a remote-first company and has been recognised as a Top DACH Employer by Kununu for four consecutive years.

Its mission is to make sustainable consumption easier by offering refurbished products at prices up to 40% lower while helping reduce CO₂ emissions.

Role Overview

refurbed is looking for an experienced Senior Backend Engineer (f/m/x) to join its Engineering team.

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer (f/m/x)
Company: refurbed
Job Location: Europe – Remote
Work Model: Fully remote / remote-first
Key Skills: Go, distributed systems, SQL, relational databases, backend services
Salary: Not specified
Closing Date: Not specified. Apply Early

The successful candidate will design and implement scalable backend services that power the company’s marketplace. You will work within a cross-functional product squad alongside engineers, product managers, designers and business stakeholders.

The role offers the opportunity to work on high-performance systems while contributing to the engineering standards, architecture and development culture across the organisation.

Technology Stack

refurbed uses modern, open-source technologies across its platform, including:

Go for backend development
gRPC for service communication
PostgreSQL for relational data
Redis
RabbitMQ
Vue.js
Alpine.js
Tailwind CSS
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Kubernetes

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will:

Design, build and maintain core APIs and backend services.
Own the operation and monitoring of production systems.
Integrate third-party systems and APIs into the platform.
Design and implement new features and services.
Identify engineering best practices and contribute to standards used across the engineering department.
Create clear technical documentation, diagrams, flowcharts, layouts, code comments and other supporting materials.
Mentor junior engineers and support the onboarding of new team members.
Work closely with engineers, product managers and business stakeholders to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions.
Share technical insights and present achievements and results during relevant meetings.
Occasionally contribute backend changes to frontend applications.

Requirements

Candidates should have:

7+ years of experience designing and building scalable backend services in modern production environments.
Strong proficiency in Go.
A deep understanding of distributed systems and service-oriented architecture.
Strong knowledge of SQL and relational database design.
General knowledge of frontend development and the ability to perform basic tasks within frontend applications.
Strong ownership, initiative and the ability to navigate complex systems independently.
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, low-ego approach.
Curiosity and willingness to experiment with new technologies, AI tools, frameworks and engineering practices.
Excellent English communication skills.
Availability to work within a European time zone.

A degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience, is desirable.

Location and Work Eligibility

This is a fully remote role for candidates based in Europe, including the UK.

Applicants must have a valid right to work in their country of residence and should be based within a European time zone.

Employees can also work from refurbed’s Vienna office when preferred.

Professional Development

refurbed supports employee growth through:

A dedicated departmental learning budget.
Courses, conferences and other professional development opportunities.
Private expert sessions through Likeminded.
Internal workshops designed to develop technical and collaborative skills.

Remote Working and Flexibility

refurbed operates as a remote-first organisation and gives employees significant autonomy over where and how they work.

Employees can:

Work fully remotely.
Use the Vienna office.
Organise their working schedule independently.
Participate in office weeks held three times per year.
Take part in team-building activities and on-site workshops during office weeks.