Backend Engineer (Golang)

Full-time
Remote
$130,000-150,000/yr
New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; South Bay, FL; Los Angeles, CA; Boston, MA; Seattle, WA; Houston, TX; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC; Denver, CO

Job description

Backend Engineer (Golang) – Remote (U.S.)

Job Type: Full-time
Work Model: Remote (U.S.)
Salary: $130,000 – $150,000 per year

Location

Applicants must be based in one of the following locations:

  • New York
  • San Francisco
  • South Bay Area
  • Los Angeles
  • Boston
  • Seattle
  • Texas
  • Chicago
  • Washington, DC
  • Denver
  • Florida

About the Role

We are hiring an experienced Backend Engineer (Golang) to join a dedicated Growth Squad focused on building, testing, and optimizing product features through rapid experimentation.

In this role, you will work closely with a frontend engineer and cross-functional teams across the U.S. and Europe to ship production experiments, measure performance, and scale successful features into production-ready solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and deploy backend experiments using Golang.
  • Work within an existing Go codebase to implement targeted product changes.
  • Develop and maintain REST and gRPC APIs.
  • Make changes to billing, onboarding, credit systems, and other core product features.
  • Instrument experiments with analytics and performance tracking.
  • Analyze experiment results and improve successful features with production-quality code and testing.
  • Collaborate with distributed engineering teams in a fast-paced environment.

Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
  • Strong experience with Golang.
  • Experience building REST and gRPC APIs.
  • Knowledge of Event-Driven Architecture.
  • Experience working with PostgreSQL.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Skills

  • Experience working in high-growth startup environments.
  • Familiarity with A/B testing, product experimentation, and analytics.
  • Experience working on customer-facing SaaS products.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Competitive salary: $130,000 – $150,000
  • Fully remote position
  • Opportunity to work on impactful, data-driven product initiatives
  • Collaborative international engineering team

Visa Sponsorship: Not Available

How to Apply

If you meet the qualifications and are interested in this opportunity, please send your CV to [email protected] with the subject line:

Backend Engineer (Golang) Application

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

More information

Experience level

Senior (5-7 years)

Job skills

Golang

Microservices Architecture

RESTful APIs

Database Management

Cloud Platforms

Version Control

Unit Testing

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