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Staff Product Engineer Europe - Polar
Software Engineer
Lead the design and delivery of a high‑performance, open‑source monetization platform using Go, Rust, and Kubernetes, driving scalable API services and cloud‑native architecture across Europe.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and implement core monetization services in Go and Rust, ensuring high availability and low latency.
- Design and maintain scalable microservices on Kubernetes, integrating with cloud providers and CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define API contracts, data models, and performance benchmarks.
- Lead code reviews, enforce best practices, and mentor junior engineers on secure, maintainable code.
- Drive continuous improvement of monitoring, observability, and automated testing frameworks.
Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience with Go and Rust.
- Proven track record building distributed systems on Kubernetes in cloud environments.
- Strong understanding of API design, REST/GraphQL, and versioning strategies.
- Experience with CI/CD, containerization, and automated testing.
- Excellent communication skills and a passion for open‑source collaboration.