Backend Engineer | Mid - Senior | Go | Payments Team

The world’s most advanced VPN, and a whole lot more.

If you’re a curious problem-solver who carves their own path, join the team behind Threat Protection Pro, the NordLynx protocol, and the fastest VPN on the planet—tools that put privacy, security, and control back in people’s hands.

Your impact? Helping millions take back control of their online security, privacy, and data.

Main Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain APIs, services, and systems in our Payments infrastructure;

• Write high-quality, tested, maintainable, and well-documented code that performs well under load;

• Work with payment methods from around the world and integrate new service providers, each with its own code and functionality;

• Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes to make our development more efficient;

• Collaborate with team members, QA, DevOps, and security teams on day-to-day tasks;

• Take ownership of tasks from start to finish, perform R&D, and find solutions to new and challenging problems;

• Mentor colleagues, provide technical guidance, and continuously learn and grow professionally.

Core Requirements

• Proven experience working with Golang;

• Experience working with PHP;

• Proven experience building microservices and knowledge of microservices patterns;

• Understanding of OOP principles and good code design;

• That you know a thing or two about API design;

• Good (My)SQL knowledge;

• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, RabbitMQ, and Redis is a plus;

• That working with Git is nothing new to you.

Tools You Will Use

• Golang;

• PHP;

• MySQL;

• Redis

• Valkey

• KeyDB;

• RabbitMQ;

• Docker;

• Kubernetes;

• ArgoCD;

• Debezium;

• OpenSearch/ElasticSearch;

• Grafana.

What We Offer

• Sharpen your edge: training, mentorship, and room to grow — always.

• Take the time you need: extra vacation days, sick days, and time off when life calls.

• Get premium healthcare: private health insurance in Lithuania and Poland — fully covered.

• Protect your peace: enjoy free subscriptions to Calm, Headspace, and Mindletic, and our own resilience and mindfulness trainings.

• Own your fitness: in-house gyms, sport cards, online workouts, and personal guidance — on us.

• Pack your bags for workation: experience our company-wide trip abroad to the fullest.

• Work from anywhere: work from wherever keeps you in the zone.

• Celebrate your milestones: birthdays, weddings, and new family members — all deserve a gift.

• Parent with ease: children’s summer camps and flexibility around the schedule — because parenting never pauses.

• Join the party: team building and company events people talk about for months.

• Unlock Cyber City: coffee bar, open gyms, kids’ room, music room, massage chairs — our Vilnius HQ is yours to enjoy.

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