Senior Golang Software Engineer
About The Position
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with deep production experience in Go (Golang) to help design, build, and operate scalable backend systems in a fast-moving, early-stage startup environment. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys owning meaningful technical problems, working on distributed systems, and collaborating closely with a highly capable team. You'll have significant influence over backend architecture, APIs, data models, infrastructure, and engineering practices. Strong technical ability is essential, but communication and collaboration are equally important. We're looking for someone who is thoughtful, low ego, and able to explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional experience writing production Go (Golang) for backend systems
- Proven experience building and operating distributed backend systems in production
- Strong understanding of backend architecture and API design
- Experience designing relational database schemas and working with SQL
- Experience building production web applications, services, and/or APIs
- Ability to independently own technical problems from design through production
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to explain technical concepts clearly and concisely to non-technical audiences
- Collaborative, low-ego approach to engineering and problem-solving
Nice To Haves
- Experience with PostgreSQL
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with API-driven development
- Experience with Observability tooling, including metrics, alerting, logging, and distributed/request tracing
- Experience with Python and/or Python-based data pipelines
- Experience in early-stage startup environments, particularly Seed through Series B
- Experience in high-stakes or highly regulated domains such as fintech, security, identity, fraud, or risk
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate production backend systems using Go
- Develop scalable, reliable APIs and distributed services
- Design and evolve database schemas and data models
- Build and maintain systems using SQL/PostgreSQL
- Contribute to infrastructure, deployment, and CI/CD pipelines
- Work with Kubernetes and cloud-native environments
- Implement and improve observability through metrics, alerting, logging, and request tracing
- Troubleshoot production issues and improve system reliability and performance
- Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and other stakeholders
- Help shape technical architecture and engineering best practices as the company grows
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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