Staff / Senior Staff Engineer, Orb Backend
Tools for Humanity is a technology company building products for humans in the age of AI. It contributes to World and develops proof-of-human hardware and software, including the Orb, alongside World App services for World ID and digital-asset management.
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About Tools for Humanity
Tools for Humanity is a technology company founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco and Munich. It builds and operates services including World ID App and World App, which provide interfaces for creating and using World ID, accessing Mini Apps, and managing digital assets through a self-custodial wallet. It also develops the Orb and Orb Mini proof-of-human hardware and software, using encrypted iris-imaging processes and open-source components, and leads design and planning for World Spaces.
Skills
About the Role
You will lead the design and implementation of systems that run inside AWS VPCs. You will create application and infrastructure components primarily in Go, work with Terraform-provisioned infrastructure and operate services using Kubernetes (EKS). You will own features from design through testing and release, participate in on-call rotation, and troubleshoot incidents to ensure performance, security, and reliability.
Requirements
- Experience with Go (Golang) or Rust
- Familiarity with microservice architectures
- Proven experience building and operating large scale distributed systems
- Expertise in AWS (S3, EC2, Route53 and related services)
- Expertise in Kubernetes and EKS
- Experience with Terraform
- Experience with MongoDB is a plus
- Ability to discuss performance, security, and user interactions in complex systems
Responsibilities
- Lead design and implementation of AWS-based systems
- Develop backend services and applications in Go
- Manage Terraform-provisioned infrastructure
- Operate and maintain Kubernetes clusters (EKS)
- Ensure performance, security, and reliability of services
- Own feature lifecycle from design through testing and release
- Participate in on-call rotation and incident management
Benefits
- Hybrid work model with an office in Munich Maxvorstadt
- 30 vacation days plus public holidays for the region
- Monthly phone reimbursement or company device
- Deutschland Ticket transit costs covered
- Free lunch and dinner when in the office
- Healthcare, dental and vision coverage
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Life insurance
- Flexible time off
- Commuter benefits
- Professional development stipend
