Founded in 2017, refurbed is Europe’s fastest-growing marketplace for refurbished products, active in 23 European countries and having surpassed €2Bn in GMV — all while being profitable. With beautiful headquarters in Vienna, we operate as a remote-first company and have been recognised as a Top DACH Employer by Kununu for four consecutive years.

Our mission is to make sustainable consumption the easy choice by enabling customers to buy products up to 40% cheaper while significantly reducing CO₂ emissions.

We’re a fast-paced, high-performance team that works hard and challenges itself everyday. To enable this high-performance every team member enjoys full autonomy over their location (we’re remote-first).

We are seeking a experienced Senior Backend Engineer (f/m/x) to join our Engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for design and implementation of scalable backend services that power Refurbed’s marketplace. You will work as part of one of our cross-functional product squads, collaborating closely with other engineers, product managers, designers, and business members to deliver robust, reliable, and high-performance solutions that enhance the experience of both our customers and our sellers.

Our technology stack is built on proven, modern, and open-source technologies. On the backend, we primarily use Go, gRPC, PostgreSQL, Redis, and RabbitMQ. On the frontend, we leverage Vue.js, Alpine.js, and Tailwind CSS to craft intuitive, responsive user interfaces. Our infrastructure runs on Google Cloud Platform, orchestrated with Kubernetes, ensuring reliability and scalability at every layer.





You have 7+ years experience designing and building scalable backend services in a modern production environment

You have strong proficiency in Go and deep understanding of distributed systems and service-oriented architecture

You are well-versed in SQL and relational database design

You’re a self-starter with strong ownership, initiative, and the ability to quickly learn and navigate complex systems

You have excellent English skills and you are based in a European time zone.

You are curious and eager to experiment with new and better ways of developing software, whether it’s a new framework, the latest AI tool, or developing a new practice

A degree in Computer Science (or a related field) or equivalent work experience is desired as it provides a strong foundation for tackling the complex challenges we work on.

Design, build, and maintain our core APIs and backend services

Own the operations and the monitoring of production systems

Integrate third-party systems and APIs into our platform

Own design and implementation of new features and services

Identify best practices and create/suggest standards to be used by whole engineering department





Contribute to sustaining refurbed engineering culture by mentoring more junior colleagues and onboarding new joiners

Collaborate closely with other engineers, product managers, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions

Occasionally propagate your backend changes to frontend

We embrace giving and receiving feedback, testing and welcoming new ideas, as well as sharing our knowledge across the company.

Well, so do we! We’re all just human, let’s learn from our mistakes to improve in the future!

Personal & Professional Development:

You’ll have access to a dedicated learning budget within your department to support your growth, whether it’s courses, conferences, or other learning opportunities that matter to you.

We partner with Likeminded, offering you private sessions with experts for your personal growth and mental health.

We frequently host internal workshops, allowing our teams to further develop their skills in different areas and enhancing collaboration across departments.

Flexibility:

We not only function and support a fully remote setting but also offer the possibility to work from our beautiful office in the vibrant heart of Vienna – we love dogs, so feel free to bring your furry little buddy too

We trust you to do the best job, so we don’t care so much when you do it – you are able to self-organize.

You will also be invited to take part in our office weeks, happening three times a year, where you will have the chance to work side by side with your colleagues and enjoy the team-building events and on-site workshops

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📌 Senior Backend Software Engineer (Remote) (Italia)
🏢 refurbed
📍 Italia