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Senior Backend Engineer, Golang

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 201-500Since 2017H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

18 days ago

Salary

$137K - $185K / year

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishAWSDistributed SystemsGrafanaIo TJavaJenkinsKafkaKotlinKubernetesScalaGo

Job Description

• Design, implement, and optimize backend and infrastructure solutions to support business growth. Deliver at least one major feature or system enhancement per quarter that improves performance, scalability, or maintainability. • Work with product, data, vehicle and infrastructure teams to design and implement solutions that align with business needs. Provide actionable recommendations and technical feasibility assessments within agreed timelines. • Monitor and improve system health, proactively addressing performance bottlenecks and outages. Reduce system downtime by at least 5% annually through incident resolution and preventative measures. • Provide code reviews, technical guidance, and mentorship to junior engineers. Conduct at least one structured knowledge-sharing session per quarter and set individual development goals for mentees. • Improve CI/CD pipelines, automate deployments, and implement best practices to increase engineering efficiency. Reduce manual operational workload by at least 10% per year through automation. • Collaborate with the team to propose at least two technical initiatives per year that align with the team's roadmap. • Tackle high-impact engineering challenges, conduct post-mortems, and implement long-term fixes. Reduce repeat incidents by 10% annually through improved monitoring, alerting, and root cause analysis. • Champion engineering culture: Act as a role model for technical excellence, collaboration, and innovation. Lead at least one technical discussion, hackathon, or knowledge-sharing event per quarter to strengthen team engagement.

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor’s in STEM (or equivalent) with 5+ years of professional backend experience.
  • Professional proficiency in Golang and JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin, or Scala).
  • Proven track record building distributed systems and real-time data pipelines (Kafka, Kubernetes, AWS) for IoT or high-volume telemetry.
  • Hands-on experience with communication protocols and interfacing with IoT devices.
  • Expertise in CI/CD (Jenkins/GitHub Actions) and Observability (Datadog/Grafana) to proactively monitor, debug, and optimize large-scale systems.
  • Experience conducting post-mortems and a willingness to participate in on-call rotations for critical incidents
  • Ability to document technical designs, contribute to technical roadmaps, and advocate for solutions to stakeholders
  • Ability to travel approximately twice a year.

Benefits

  • Plenty of time off to relax and recharge, plus a wellness resource to help you wind down.
  • A work-from-home stipend.
  • An employer-paid healthcare package.
  • Of course, Bird ride credits to get you where you need to be!

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