Senior Backend Software Engineer (Go)

Location: Remote within EMEA

Company

hirify.global develops open-source database software, support, and services, including the hirify.global Monitoring and Management platform for MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and infrastructure observability.

What you will do

• Design and develop reliable, scalable, and performant backend services and APIs in Go.
• Build monitoring, observability, troubleshooting, and database-management features for PMM.
• Develop integrations with MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other database technologies.
• Work with OpenTelemetry, metrics, logs, traces, Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, ClickHouse, containers, Kubernetes, and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Own complex features from technical design through implementation, testing, delivery, and architecture review.
• Improve automated testing, CI/CD, developer tooling, engineering productivity, and AI-assisted development workflows.

Requirements

• Significant production backend engineering experience with Go.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, concurrency, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing, building, and documenting APIs.
• Experience with at least one database technology such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Redis/Valkey.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, metrics, logging, or tracing systems, plus automated testing and software quality.
• Fluent written and spoken English; comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a fully remote team.

Nice to have

• Practical experience with OpenTelemetry, including OTLP, collectors, metrics, logs, or traces.
• Experience with Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, ClickHouse, Grafana, Docker, or Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of database internals, database performance monitoring, or secure distributed systems.
• Open-source contribution experience.
• Experience with AI coding tools, LLM APIs, agent frameworks, MCP, or AI-powered developer workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-only, globally dispersed workforce with colleagues in more than 50 countries.
• Flexible work hours and paid time off programs.
• Equipment for a remote office and connectivity allowances.
• Career development funding for training, certifications, and conferences.
• Equity incentive plan and programs supporting work-life balance, volunteering, and flexible work arrangements.