Golang Engineer
Accesa · Romania
IT Services and IT Consulting · 1,001-5,000 employees
About the role
Design and build high-performance scalable APIs and microservices for core insurance services. Drive end-to-end delivery from architecture to deployment while promoting engineering excellence through code reviews and automated testing.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires over 6 years of backend experience with at least 3 years of production Golang experience and expertise in distributed systems. Candidates must be proficient with containerization, message queues, and the responsible use of AI tools for productivity.
Benefits
Full description
Company Description
Company Description 
Accesa is a leading technology company headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, with offices in Oradea and 20 years of experience in turning business challenges into opportunities and growth.
A value-driven organisation, it has established itself as a partner of choice for major brands in Retail, Manufacturing, Finance, and Banking. It covers the complete digital evolution journey of its customers, from ideation and requirements setup to software development and managed services solutions.
With more than 1,200 IT professionals, Accesa also has a fast-growing footprint, establishing itself as an employer of choice for IT professionals who are passionate about problem-solving through technology. Coming together in strong tech teams with a customer-centric approach, they enable businesses to grow, delivering value for our clients, partners, industry, and community.
Job Description
Our client is a European insurtech company providing digital insurance solutions and embedded protection products, enabling seamless integration of insurance offerings into e-commerce and financial platforms across multiple markets.
Responsibilities  
- Design and build high-performance services: Develop and maintain scalable APIs (gRPC and REST) powering core insurance services.
- Own end-to-end delivery: Drive microservices from requirements gathering, architecture, and implementation through deployment and operational support.
- Collaborate cross-functionally: Work with Product, DevOps, and other teams to translate feature requests into robust, scalable technical solutions.
- Champion engineering excellence: Establish and promote best practices including code reviews, automated testing, observability (tracing, logging, metrics), and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ensure compliance and security: Adhere to security policies, coding standards, and regulatory requirements relevant to the financial and insurance sector.
- Optimize for production: Monitor and improve service reliability, performance, and cost in production environments.
Qualifications
Must Have
- 6+ years of backend development experience, with 3+ years working with Golang in production
- Proven track record designing and evolving gRPC and REST-based APIs at scale
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices architectures, and cloud-native patterns
- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and modern DevOps workflows
- Experience with PostgreSQL and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for building clean, efficient, and maintainable systems
- Regular use of AI tools to improve productivity, automate or reduce repetitive work, support decision-making, and deliver higher-quality outcomes.
- Ability to use AI tools responsibly by structuring effective prompts, critically validating outputs, understanding limitations, and taking ownership of the final result.
- Excellent English communication skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment
- Regular use of AI tools to improve productivity, automate or reduce repetitive work, support decision-making, and deliver higher-quality outcomes.
- Ability to use AI tools responsibly by structuring effective prompts, critically validating outputs, understanding limitations, and taking ownership of the final result.
Nice to Have
- Experience in the insurance, fintech, or broader financial services domain
- Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Jaeger)
- Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Knowledge of infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Helm)
- German language skills are a plus
As a people-first organisation, we believe diversity strengthens our teams and drives innovation. All employment decisions are based on merit, skills, and performance, without discriminating based on any personal characteristic. This reinforces our commitment to providing an inclusive and respectful workplace.
Additional Information
At Accesa you can
Enjoy our holistic benefits program that covers the four pillars that we believe come together to support our wellbeing, covering social, physical, emotional wellbeing, as well as work-life fusion.
- Physical Wellbeing: Our wellbeing program includes medical benefits, gym support, and personalised fitness options for an active lifestyle, complemented by team events and the Healthy Habits Club.
- Work-Life Fusion: In very dynamic industries such as IT, the line between our professional and personal lives can quickly become blurred. Having a one-size-fits-one approach gives us the flexibility to define the work-life dynamic that works for us.
- Emotional Wellbeing: We believe that to maintain our overall health, we need to invest in our mental wellbeing just as much as we do in our physical health, social connections or in achieving work-life balance.
- Social Wellbeing: As a growing community in a hybrid environment, we want to ensure we remain connected not just by the great work we do every day but through our passions and interests.
- Department: Core Technologies | Backend 4
