Software Engineer Backend Go

Skills

About the Role

You will design and implement high-performance, scalable microservices in Go. You will analyze and improve the efficiency of core infrastructure, identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, memory leaks, and network issues. You will define and standardize architectural patterns for databases, APIs, and cloud infrastructure, and implement Infrastructure-as-Code in public cloud environments (AWS or GCP). You will build and operate event-driven distributed systems, work with SQL and NoSQL datastores, and apply observability and monitoring practices to ensure system reliability.

Requirements

• 2–3+ years of commercial backend development experience
• Deep understanding of Go including concurrency primitives, memory management, and runtime behavior
• Strong knowledge of database internals and trade-offs across SQL and NoSQL systems
• Hands-on experience with public cloud platforms (AWS or GCP)
• Experience with event-driven architecture and message queues
• Foundational knowledge of Networking (TCP/IP, HTTP, gRPC) and basics of Kubernetes
• Nice to have: experience with DynamoDB or Bigtable
• Nice to have: experience with SQS, SNS, Pub/Sub, Kafka, or ZeroMQ
• Nice to have: experience with observability tooling such as Datadog, Grafana, and Prometheus

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-performance scalable microservices using Go
• Analyze and improve infrastructure efficiency and resolve performance bottlenecks
• Define and standardize architectural patterns for database usage and API design
• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code and automation for cloud environments (AWS/GCP)
• Build and maintain event-driven distributed systems and messaging integrations

Benefits

• Generous compensation in cash and equity
• Offers equity and early exercise for all options
• Work from anywhere (remote-first culture)
• Flexible paid time off and year-end break
• Health insurance, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents (US and Canada specific)
• 4% matching in 401k / RRSP (US and Canada specific)
• MacBook Pro provided
• One-time home office setup stipend
• Monthly meal stipend
• Monthly social meet-up stipend
• Annual health and wellness stipend
• Annual learning stipend