Senior Software Engineer, Backend

7+ years of experience building scalable, distributed systems in Go (or similar statically typed languages)

Comfort working in cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP)

Familiarity with relational databases (we use MySQL) and an understanding of performance tradeoffs

Experience with observability tooling and operating production systems

A bias for action over perfection, and pride in owning technical decisions

We believe in transparency. Starting salary for this role is $150,000 - $200,000 USD (or equivalent in local currency) depending on experience and subject to market rate adjustment.

We know our people are what make us great, and we’re committed to taking great care of them. Our inclusive benefits package supports your well-being and growth, including

100% coverage of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and supplemental insurance premiums for you and your family

. We also offer

16 weeks paid parental leave

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Design and build distributed systems in Go that help customers send timely, relevant messages at scale

Collaborate across teams to debug issues and deliver reliable solutions

Own problems end to end - from architecture and schema design to testing, deployment, and monitoring

Share knowledge and raise the bar through sharing your progress publicly with short videos, thoughtful writing, and mentorship

Leverage AI tools to prototype, move faster, and make better decisions