Backend Engineer (GoLang)

About Breeze

At Breeze, we are building towards a future where people spend less time on their phones and more time connecting in real life.

The Breeze app is the dating app for real dates. We've built the world's first service that organises actual offline dates at scale. On Breeze, users skip the online chat — once you match, you pick a time, and we organise a real-life date at one of our partnered venues.

So far we've organised over 400.000 dates and are live in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, the UK and New York.

About the role

As a Backend Engineer in the Dating Machine product team, your mission is to build the core systems that power the dating experience on Breeze – from matching to meeting in real life. You’ll work closely with frontend engineers and product teammates to design reliable, secure, and scalable APIs that support new user-facing features and keep our core matchmaking engine running smoothly.

This is a hands-on role with lots of variety and impact. You’ll mostly work in Go, building backend features in the Dating Machine pod, while also contributing to Breeze-wide backend infrastructure as part of the Data & Tech guild. Examples of projects include overhauling our cancellation policy logic, refactoring the date picker, building an in-house notification system, or improving our cloud architecture and QA tooling.

Concretely, you will:

• Build backend features for the Dating Machine pod: work closely with product teammates to design and implement APIs and core logic in Go that power the Breeze dating experience.
  

• Contribute to core infrastructure: Improve Breeze-wide backend systems, from observability and developer tooling to QA flows and cloud infrastructure, in collaboration with our Data & Tech guild.
  

• Proactively monitor and solve bugs: keep a close eye on logs and performance metrics, resolve issues quickly, and continuously improve system reliability.
  

• Shape technical innovation and strategy: identify opportunities for smarter architecture, cleaner code, and better tools, and help drive Breeze’s backend forward as we scale.

About you

• Technically strong & eager to learn: You have at least 1–3 years of experience in backend development (ideally with Go) and a solid grasp of the fundamentals. You’re keen to deepen your knowledge of system architecture, databases, and best practices as you take on more responsibility.
  

• Pragmatic & efficient: You move fast without compromising quality. You know when to build an MVP, when to polish, and how to simplify. You’re comfortable using GenAI to accelerate development and testing.
  

• Product-aware mindset: You understand how backend work impacts the user experience and can help prioritise tasks that deliver real product value.
  

• Proactive and accountable: You take ownership, raise issues early, and follow through, doing what is needed to deliver efficient solutions to a high standard.
  

• Team player with a mission fit: You’re excited about Breeze’s mission to make dating more intentional and human, and you enjoy collaborating with others to get things done.

What Breeze offers you

Compensation & Benefits

💰 Competitive Salary: Between €4.500 and €6.000 on a full-time basis per month (gross), depending on your experience.

🔒 Security: After 1 or 2 seven-month contracts, transition to a permanent contract for job stability and security.

📊 Benefit from our Success: Post seven-month contracts, gain the option for share options, aligning your growth with ours.

🌴 Holidays: Enjoy 25 paid vacation days, complemented by an 8% yearly holiday allowance.

Work Environment & Tools

🕐 Flexibility: Hybrid (3d/wk at the office) work environment with flexible hours

🚝 Sustainable & No Travel costs: Our office is just a minute away from Rotterdam Central. Breeze covers your travel costs.

💼 Gear Up: We equip you with necessary tools, be it a high-end laptop and/or an ergonomic workspace.

⚡ Dynamic Workspace: Dive into exhilarating work where decisions and momentum are swift. 

Growth & Culture

🌱 Empowered Growth: Quickly gain a lot of responsibility in a rapidly growing startup, with opportunities to grow with the company, and budgets for learning.

🌍 Mission-Driven Team: Work in a small, young and ambitious team dedicated to transforming online dating.