Senior Golang Engineer - DevOps Enablement (all genders)

SCAYLE is one of the fastest-growing enterprise commerce platforms in the world, enabling brands and retailers to realize their D2C ambitions. SCAYLE stands for innovation, international collaboration, and a strong focus on data. We believe that stepping outside of our comfort zone and making bold decisions is key to growing both professionally and personally. Instead of seeing problems as obstacles, we approach them as opportunities to find better solutions. We work in an environment that encourages flexibility, creativity, and continuous development. What drives us is the shared motivation to make an impact and actively shape the future of eCommerce.

Responsibilities

Write & Maintain Go: Design, build, and ship high-performance Go backend services, internal developer tools, and APIs; Full Lifecycle Ownership ("You build it, you run it"): Write the code, manage Helm charts, deploy directly to Kubernetes, and handle infrastructure using Terraform & Terragrunt; On-Call Responsibility: Take operational ownership and participate in the on-call rotation for the services you own; PCI-DSS Compliance: Build and operate production environments under strict security standards, where merges and deployments require human-in-the-loop controls

Requirements

5+ years of DIRECT, hands-on experience as a Go/Backend Engineer (Note: 5 total career years with only 2–3 years in Go/DevOps does NOT qualify); Deep Architectural Expertise: Proven ability to build clean, maintainable microservices and make sound engineering tradeoffs; Production Kubernetes & Helm: Daily experience deploying, debugging, and managing containerized services on K8s; Infrastructure as Code: Proficiency in Terraform and Terragrunt; Relational & Key-Value Databases: Solid experience with PostgreSQL and Redis; AI Fluency (Level 3): Advanced proficiency applying AI (e.g., RAG workflows) to complex problem-solving; Location & Relocation: Based in or willing to relocate to Hamburg, Germany