Backend Engineer (In-Person)

Refine•New York City, NY

7d•Onsite

About The Position

We're seeking a Senior GoLang Developer with expertise in building and maintaining distributed systems. The ideal candidate should have strong experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers for service-to-service communication, demonstrating a deep understanding of microservices architecture and high-performance inter-process communication patterns. You will be working along MLOps and frontend teams. Great opportunity to help lead large projects and gain equity in a fast scaling startup.

Requirements

Strong experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers for microservices communication
Proven track record of building and maintaining production-grade distributed systems
Experience with GCP or services, particularly Compute Engine, Cloud Run, and Cloud Storage, although experience with other cloud providers is acceptable
Strong understanding of API security, OAuth 2.0, and credential management
Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts (CAP theorem, eventual consistency, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Experience with other cloud platforms (AWS, Azure)
Contribution to open-source projects
Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana)
Experience working with GitLab
Experience with CI/CD pipelines
Experience with vector databases like Pinecone
Background in performance optimization and scalability

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices using GoLang and gRPC
Implement robust API authentication mechanisms and manage third-party service integrations
Build and optimize service-to-service communication using Protocol Buffers
Deploy and manage applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement new features
Participate in code reviews and mentor junior developers
Troubleshoot and resolve production issues
Document technical specifications and API contracts