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Senior Golang Engineer

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Lisbon,

Portugal

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About Us

UMO is a stealth-mode FinTech venture aiming to evolve the way people experience money by building a unified, AI-powered, yet deeply human modern money platform across fiat, crypto, and investments - subject to regulatory approvals. The platform is being designed to break down traditional barriers to money across access, assets, and experience, enabling simpler, more adaptive ways for people to interact with financial services.

We are currently developing our MVP and navigating licensing requirements, with a multidisciplinary team of 100+ people representing 20+ nationalities. With our headquarters in the UAE and offices in Portugal and Ukraine, we are united behind a shared ambition and a relentless focus on serving our customers.


Technology Stack:

Language: Go (Golang) / TypeScript (optional)

Storage: PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Clickhouse

Transport: gRPC / HTTP / RabbitMQ / Kafka

Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Flux

DevOps: Terraform / Helm (optional)

Metrics & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki


Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and implementation of high-load microservices
  • Design of data pipelines and data storage systems
  • Working with queues and asynchronous tasks, data streams, and data lakes
  • Writing unit and integration tests
  • Performance and resource consumption optimization
  • Participation in architectural decision-making
  • Production system support


Requirements:

  • 4+ years of commercial experience in Go development
  • Strong understanding of microservices architecture
  • Experience in building DWH systems or data pipelines
  • Experience with queue systems and message brokers
  • Excellent understanding of concurrency and working with goroutines
  • Experience in designing and scaling systems
  • Ability to read and improve existing code
  • Proficient in Git and Docker
  • Experience with PostgreSQL / Redis
  • Upper-intermediate or Fluent proficiency with English


The UMO Standard:

  • Dynamic Work Environment: Vibrant offices and strong local teams across Lisbon, Dubai, Kyiv, and Lviv — with openness to remote for the right fit.
  • Rest & Recovery: 24 days of annual leave, dedicated paid sick leave, and observance of Public Holidays to keep you at your best.
  • Recharge Week: After your first year with us, enjoy two consecutive 4-day work weeks annually — a built-in reset to help you sustain peak performance for the long run.
  • Full Setup: Top-of-the-line hardware and a home office stipend so you can do your best work anywhere.
  • Growth Ecosystem: A dedicated learning budget and a clear, accelerated path toward executive-level leadership within the UMO ecosystem.
  • Impact & Ownership: Your work directly shapes the product and company direction — not just executes it.

Responsibility and results

TAKE
OWNERSHIP.
FEEL THE IMPACT

We create a real product here, and you’ll watch your contributions take effect. Sometimes it’ll be challenging, sometimes easier. But always interesting

Empowering environment

FOCUS ON
WHAT MATTERS,
NOT RED TAPE

We move without layers of endless approvals. We have zero tolerance for red tape and get straight to the work that matters. Rules exist to help, not to slow us down

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