Backend Engineer – Service Enablement Team

Shopware

Backend Engineer responsible for creating Go-based gRPC services and TypeScript/Node.js service backends. Join Shopware's enablement team to manage subscriptions and payments across global markets.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerGoGRPCJavaScriptMySQLNode.jsRedisTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop and continuously improve Go-based gRPC services, including OAuth flows, integrations and caching strategies
Develop and operate service backends in TypeScript/Node.js (e.g., using Hono), including internal and merchant APIs, background workers and scheduled jobs
Design contract-first APIs (Protobuf/OpenAPI), including versioning strategies and safe rollouts across multiple consuming services
Own data reliability and consistency across Redis caches, MySQL persistence and asynchronous job queues (e.g., SQS)
Implement security and multi-tenant access patterns, including M2M authentication, signed query parameters and internal authentication mechanisms
Build and enhance observability and resilience, including structured logs, metrics, tracing, retry mechanisms and backpressure strategies
Work closely with platform and infrastructure teams to optimize AWS-based deployments (ECS, Terraform, CI/CD, secret management)

Requirements

What you’ll need

More than 5 years of experience in backend development with Go and/or TypeScript (Node.js)
Solid experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code and Antigravity, including clearly defined processes to ensure high-quality code generation
Strong background in distributed systems, APIs (gRPC/REST) and service-to-service integrations
Experience with relational databases (MySQL) and caching systems (Redis) in production and under high load
Familiarity with asynchronous processing and job queues (SQS or comparable systems)
Experience with cloud infrastructures (AWS), containerized deployments (Docker, ECS) and Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
Clear communication skills, a strong ownership mindset and fluent English

Benefits

Comp & perks

Open culture, flat hierarchies and encouragement of initiative
Permanent employment contracts offering long-term stability
Flexible working hours and options for mobile work and fully remote contracts
Freedom to choose your work hardware
Well-structured onboarding with support from a personal buddy
Inspiring environment with committed colleagues and a dynamic community
Diverse opportunities for personal growth and development
Attractive perks such as company pension plans, health programs and regular team events

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Hard Skills & Tools

GoTypeScriptNode.jsgRPCProtobufOpenAPIMySQLRedisAWSTerraform

Soft Skills

clear communicationownership mindset