Backend Engineer (Go)

You will build and ship reliable, secure, and scalable backend systems, owning implementation from design to deployment while ensuring maintainability and performance. You will participate in architectural discussions, refactor legacy codebases, handle incident response and root cause analysis, improve observability, write clear and testable code, contribute to code reviews and design discussions, and collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship reliable, secure, and scalable backend systems.
• Own implementation from design to deployment, ensuring maintainability and performance.
• Participate in architectural discussions and offer informed technical input.
• Refactor legacy codebases to improve structure and efficiency while maintaining feature continuity.
• Drive production readiness through incident response, root cause analysis, and observability improvements.
• Write clear, testable, and well-documented code, emphasizing quality and automation.
• Contribute to engineering excellence through code reviews and design discussions.
• Advocate for sound software development practices and continuous improvement.
• Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to align on objectives and deliverables.
• Contribute to technical scoping and estimation for features and infrastructure work.
• Identify opportunities to reduce technical debt and improve the developer experience.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with Go (Golang) in production environments.
• Strong experience with PostgreSQL and/or MySQL.
• Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Familiarity with RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• Comfort with Git and CI/CD tooling.
• Working knowledge of frontend technologies, especially React and/or Next.js.
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms, with GCP preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• PTO
• Personalized career roadmap for each employee
• Training and educational opportunities