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Backend Engineer

Amboss

full-remotemidpermanentbackend Full remote 73 days ago via WTTJ

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Tags

GoRustPostgreSQLGraphQLEvent-driven architecturesStream processingAPI DesignData ModelingAWSObservability

About the role

Role overview

Join the ContentAPI Team as a Backend Engineer. You will build and operate the high-performance content delivery backbone that connects the CMS to client applications.

Key missions

  • Build and extend APIs that provide structured content to web and mobile clients
  • Work on data pipelines that process content events in real time
  • Collaborate with your team to design solutions for unclear/ill-defined problems
  • Improve system reliability and performance
  • Contribute to internal developer tooling

Requirements

  • Familiarity with at least one of:
    • GraphQL
    • Event-driven architectures
    • Stream/batch processing
  • Write clean, testable code with meaningful test coverage
  • Strong fundamentals in:
    • API design
    • Data modeling
    • Relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
  • 3–5 years of backend engineering experience in Go (or Rust)
  • Curiosity about how systems work under the hood and continuous improvement mindset
  • Ability to take a problem from ambiguity to a working solution with light guidance

Nice-to-haves

  • Exposure to code generation, schema-driven development, or AST tooling
  • Familiarity with AWS and containerized deployments
  • Experience with observability: tracing, structured logging, and metrics

About Amboss

Amboss is a company that builds software products for delivering structured content to client applications. They operate content delivery and API infrastructure, including real-time data pipelines, connecting a CMS to web and mobile clients.

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