Founding Engineer – Golang

GlassFlow

Founding Engineer building and scaling high-performance data streaming systems at GlassFlow. Taking ownership of projects and collaborating with founders in a fast-paced startup environment.

Posted 5/10/2026full-timeBerlin • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKafkaKubernetesRabbitMQ

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and scale high-performance, low-latency systems in GoLang.
Take complete ownership of projects from idea to production.
Ship fast, break things, learn, and ship again.
Help define the technical culture of GlassFlow.
Work directly with the founders to solve problems in a way that no one has solved before in real-time data infrastructure.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep expertise in Go.
Hungry, competitive, and resilient.
Someone with impressive achievements that prove you’re a 10x builder.
A fast learner who thrives in chaos.
Hands-on, pragmatic, and deeply technical.
Actively looking for startup culture.
Experience with public or private clouds (AWS / GCP / Azure).
Experience with K8s, Docker, Docker Compose.
Experience developing on and using queue systems like Kafka, NATS, SQS, and RabbitMQ.
Worked in fast-growing environments or early-stage startups.
Openness to using AI tools in coding (e.g., Cursor) is considered a plus.
Ability to adapt quickly and make compromises in writing code when necessary.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Real ownership: competitive equity (everyone at GlassFlow is an owner).
The chance to build something that changes how the world streams data.
The opportunity to build for global tech brands from day one.
A career trajectory that will 10x your skills and network.
Competitive salary with Stock Option Grant.
Ticket for public transportation in Berlin.
Company credit card with a monthly allowance.
Newest tech of your choosing.
Annual Learning budget for personal development.
Generous WFH policy and a budget for home office setup.

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoKubernetesDockerDocker ComposeKafkaNATSSQSRabbitMQcloud computingreal-time data infrastructure

Soft Skills

ownershipfast learnercompetitiveresilientpragmaticadaptabilityproblem-solvingimpressive achievementsstartup cultureability to thrive in chaos