Backend Engineer
$90,000–$120,000 year
Remote
RemoteFull Time$90,000–$120,000 yearSmall
Full TimeSmall
Job Summary
Develop and maintain backend services and APIs in Go, designing and optimizing PostgreSQL schemas for high-volume data. Build reliable orchestration and integration layers across internal and third-party systems while implementing metrics, distributed tracing, and observability. Collaborate with frontend, fullstack, and broader engineering teams to improve developer experience and enforce security best practices. Thrive in a fast-moving startup environment, wearing multiple hats and adjusting to shifting priorities without a strict 9-5 mentality. Work with clients globally while operating outside traditional hours.
Required Qualifications
- 2-4 years of experience with Go and designing REST APIs
- Experience writing optimized PostgreSQL queries
- Comfortable building reliable integrations with third-party APIs and services
- Scrappy; prior startup experience and not afraid to get their hands dirty
- Pragmatic; knows how to build things fast without unnecessarily complicating things
- Expert time management; we work with clients all over the world. We don't expect anyone to be working 24/7 - but we are looking for someone comfortable operating outside of the 9-5 mentality
- Comfortable wearing many hats and eagerly adjusts to shifting priorities
- Experience in (and thrives in) a fast-moving, start-up engineering environment
- Excellent communication skills across all levels of technical proficiency
- Experience with architecting, building and maintaining SaaS platform backends
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with gRPC or similar tool
- Experience with TypeScript
- Experience with workflow engines or queue-based job orchestration
- Experience in the information security field
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
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