Hybrid Backend Engineer – Configuration Team

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• Job title: Backend Engineer – Configuration Team
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: JavaScript, MySQL, Node.js, Postgres, Redis, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Wroc aw, Poland

About the role

• Backend Engineer for Configuration Team developing high-traffic backend services primarily in Go. Collaborating on feature development and maintaining Node.js services.

Responsibilities

• Develop, scale, and maintain backend services (Configuration API, TextApp services, Integration API) primarily in Go, while also supporting and evolving existing Node.js services.
• Design and optimize relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL) and caching layers (Redis).
• Take full ownership of your work: from picking up a ticket in the Kanban board to deploying and monitoring it in production.
• Handle cross-team requests and build configuration pools that other engineering teams will use in their applications.
• Participate in technical discussions and architectural decisions, advocating pragmatic solutions that balance trade-offs.
• Migrate and refactor legacy systems into modern, scalable solutions without disrupting existing production traffic.

Requirements

• 4+ years of backend engineering experience in product-focused environments.
• Strong, hands-on production experience with Go (Golang) as your main tool.
• Solid understanding of Node.js and a willingness to work with it for maintenance and migration purposes.
• Solid experience designing, querying, and optimizing relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Experience operating services in production under high traffic and scale.
• A proven track record of delivering features end-to-end independently.

Benefits

• High-impact visibility: your code powers the settings and configurations used by virtually every team and client at Text.
• Real engineering voice: you won't just be a "ticket taker." We make decisions based on technical trade-offs, and your arguments and input will actively shape our architecture.
• Blend of challenges: you get to work with modern, top-tier technologies while solving complex legacy migration puzzles.
• Clear success metrics: we measure success by your ability to independently ship real solutions to production, starting within your first 3 months.