Software Engineer, Backend (Go) - All Genders

Own the Backend (Go)

Doodle is a B2B Saa S platform used by millions of professionals to coordinate meetings and collaboration across teams and companies.

We are building the future of scheduling and productivity and work on hard problems at the intersection of human collaboration and digital efficiency.

We aren’t just looking for someone to “write code.” You are more than a coder.

You are a proactive builder and a continuous learner who thrives on shipping products that matter and always finds a way to reach the goal.

Our core backend runs on a high‑performance, polyglot ecosystem of Go and Java services communicating over Kafka.

We value engineers who are curious and proactive, ready to go beyond their primary language to read, trace, and understand workflows across the whole codebase.

We love high velocity.

We actively encourage our engineers to use LLM and agentic tools (Specs, Loops, and agentic workflows) to iterate fast and build systems while remaining provider agnostic.

Use these tools to supercharge your iterations and pair that speed with deep pride in ownership.

A natural "READ THE CODE" mindset, keeping a full understanding and full accountability for every line you bring across the finish line.

• What You’ll Actually Do
• Own the Backend: Design, build, and deploy robust, scalable, high‑performance services in Go that power our core platforms.
• Serve the APIs: Expose backend endpoints through Graph QL, focusing on efficient data fetching, query optimization, and clean integration with front‑end systems.
• See the Whole System: Maintain full visibility across the backend and understand how Go and Java services connect across our distributed infrastructure.
• Architect for Events: Build event‑driven solutions on Kafka for smooth data flow, system reactivity, and extreme reliability.
• Ship with AI: Use LLM and agentic tools to move fast while keeping total ownership and full understanding of the generated code.
• Wrangle Time: Tackle the logic of managing, processing, and presenting time across every global time zone.

What Do You Bring?

You’ll thrive here if you are a builder who values customer impact as much as clean syntax.

• The Foundation: Bachelor’s in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equal practical experience.
• The Toolkit: Professional experience designing, building, and shipping production‑ready backend services in Go.
• The System Thinking: Ability to read, debug, and understand multi‑language codebases and trace logic through existing Java services.
• The Mindset: Hands‑on experience with distributed systems, microservices, and event‑driven architectures on Kafka.
• The APIs: Experience designing and serving APIs, ideally Graph QL.
• Nice to Have
• The AI Edge: Advanced use of modern AI‑assisted engineering tools to safely speed up backend testing, generation, and architecture validation.
• The Cloud: Experience with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• The Fundamentals: Strong base in data structures, algorithms, and distributed system design.
• The Location: Based in Germany with full right to work; visa sponsorship or relocation support not available.

Why Doodle?

• Real Impact: Your commits change how the world meets.
• Technical Stretch: Masterclass in distributed logic around the global time problem.
• Modern Tooling: We provide the best AI and agentic tools and expect you to use them.
• Culture of Trust: We value curiosity, autonomy, and a balance that respects your time as much as our users'.

EEO Statement

At Doodle, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual trust and respect, where equal employment opportunities (EEO) are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to age, race, color, disability, religion, gender, and sexual orientation.

Diversity and inclusion are of utmost importance to us, and we are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

Important Notice

Please note that we can only consider your application if you are based and have the right to work in Germany.

At this time, we are unable to sponsor a visa for this position or support relocation.

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