Senior Backend Engineer – Golang

Ampcus Inc. • San Francisco, CA

2h • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain the backend systems that power our e-commerce marketplace. This role spans API development, data pipelines, and core product backend features.

Requirements

• 7 years of backend engineering experience.
• 3 years writing production Go (Golang).
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems on GCP or similar cloud platform.
• Demonstrated ability to design clean, maintainable REST and gRPC APIs.
• Experience writing and maintaining Airflow DAGs in Python or similar pipeline tooling.
• Experience building and operating batch jobs and event-driven systems using Kafka or similar message streaming platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and service deployment.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product managers to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Design clean, maintainable, and well-documented APIs used by engineering teams and third-party integrations.
• Lead architectural design discussions and guide technical direction across backend systems.
• Review pull requests and provide technical guidance on implementation decisions across the team.
• Develop and support Airflow data pipelines using Python DAGs for real-time and batch processing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed