Hybrid Senior Software Engineer, Golang

at Teya

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer, Golang
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Distributed Systems, GRPC, Java, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Microservices, NoSQL, SQL, Terraform, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Porto, Portugal

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer designing and maintaining core APIs and services at Teya. Working within a platform team to drive innovation and merchant success across Europe.

Responsibilities

• Build Platform Services: Take ownership of features throughout the full development lifecycle, designing and maintaining clean, secure, well-tested code that supports critical business needs with focus on scalability and reliability
• Design APIs & Event-Driven Systems: Create well-versioned APIs (REST/gRPC) and asynchronous workflows (queues, streams, webhooks) that other teams can easily consume, with strong focus on backwards compatibility, idempotency, and robust failure handling
• Work with Cloud Infrastructure: Collaborate with platform teams using cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm) to ensure services are observable, secure, and easy to operate
• Enable Other Teams: Partner with engineering teams across Teya, gathering feedback and translating it into platform capabilities that accelerate their roadmaps. Collaborate with product, design, data science, security, and operations
• Mentor & Drive Quality: Participate in code reviews, mentor developers, define best practices, and contribute to CI/CD improvements while staying updated with trends in software engineering and fintech.

Requirements

• 5+ years professional software development experience building backend systems and scalable architectures
• Experience working in platform or shared-services teams that support multiple engineering teams
• Strong Golang expertise with production experience (Java/Kotlin experience is a plus)
• Proven experience designing and implementing REST/gRPC APIs with proper versioning, authentication, and error handling
• Experience building high-throughput, low-latency services and event-driven systems (message brokers, streams, webhooks)
• Strong knowledge of OOP principles, microservices architecture, and distributed systems
• Hands-on experience with databases (SQL and NoSQL), Git, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform)
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and mentoring skills
• Agile/Scrum experience and fluency in English.

Benefits

• We trust you, so we offer flexible working hours, as long it suits both you and your team;
• Health Insurance;
• Meal Allowance;
• 25 days of Annual leave (+ Bank holidays);
• Public Transportation Card;
• Frequent team events & activities in the office and outside;
• Office snacks every day;
• Friendly, comfortable and informal office environment.