Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/x) at go-e - Berlin, Germany

Job Description

go-e is the invitation to move electrically. E-mobility is our drive, and our core competence is charging technology for electric cars. With charging stations for EVs with photovoltaic connection and load balancing, we are a provider of comprehensive system solutions for all requirements of modern e-mobility.

The backend team is responsible for providing an API that the charger device and users can connect to in order to enable additional functionality of a go-e device. The team is responsible for both supporting chargers currently sold on the market and building from scratch the next generation infrastructure for our upcoming product line. The new product is a greenfield where we bring in innovative technologies. We use a variety of tools, such as Terraform to run Kubernetes cluster on Google Cloud infrastructure, Go to write our services and keep our dependencies to a minimum, Gitlab for managing issues, running tests, building containers and hosting docker images. We are searching for a Senior Backend Engineer with experience in configuring and maintaining Kubernetes clusters and the infrastructure required to reliably run services.

With your contribution, you will impact how people will charge their cars in the future. Come and join the team that is building the future of innovative charger solutions for e-mobility!

Your area of responsibility

• Designing and developing scalable backend services for web, embedded and mobile applications
• Participate in the full development life cycle, from design to implementation, quality assurance and maintenance
• Working with cloud providers like GCP and infrastructure orchestration tools like Terraform
• Collaborating with app and embedded developers to implement efficient and easy to use communication interfaces
• Setting up the technology stack for geographically distributed software services e.g. microservices

It would be great if you have 

• At least 5 years of experience creating applications in Go, Python, C or similar
• Experience with managing a Kubernetes cluster
• Experience with configuring and managing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Experience with managing infrastructure using Terraform
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform deployment and architecture
• Familiarity with git-based repositories and CI/CD systems
• Experience with docker and container management
• Exposure to Linux as a server operating system - you feel comfortable using a terminal and associated shell
• Empathy towards your colleagues and a collaborative mindset
• Fluent in English at C1 level

It would be even better if you have

• Experience with SQL database solutions like Postgres and Clickhouse
• Experience with Protobuf
• What we offer
• Be one of the key drivers of our core technologies
• Influence in our fast-growing organization
• A high degree of freedom in the execution of your projects
• Flexible working hours
• Healthy food and snacks
• Free coffee

About go-e GmbH

As a fast-growing, successful company in the field of e-mobility, go-e GmbH is making the transition from start-up to an internationally recognized player. From our headquarters in Carinthia, we have already expanded to around 20 countries in Europe. With bold ideas around our passion for innovative e-mobility solutions, we are already establishing future technologies. As a green tech company, environmentally conscious processes are particularly important to us, which is why we place them at the heart of everything we do. The go-e employees contribute with their personality to the good working atmosphere, and their individuality is a foundation for our common success.

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