Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Golang): Designing and developing highly reliable and scalable SaaS microservices for a modern data protection platform with an accent on cloud-based managed services and high-quality code. Focus on building robust event-driven architectures, ensuring service reliability, and collaborating on a distributed engineering team.

Location: Remote work is only possible for employees located in the United States.

Salary: $237,800—$441,500 USD

Company

hirify.global is the #1 global market leader in data resilience, providing data backup, recovery, portability, security, and intelligence solutions to over 550,000 customers worldwide.

What you will do

• Design and develop highly reliable and scalable SaaS microservices using Golang, integrated with cloud-based managed services.
• Ensure your code is high-quality, thoroughly tested, and secure.
• Participate in on-call rotation for product operations and take ownership of service reliability.
• Participate in technical design discussions, reviewing code, and providing feedback to other engineers.
• Collaborate with a distributed team of engineers to build the VDC platform.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in the software development industry.
• Demonstrated expertise designing, building, and implementing SaaS or large-scale cloud services on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Expertise with a modern programming language like Java, Go, Scala, or Rust.
• Experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures.
• Expertise in developing, testing, and debugging production-quality, scalable, concurrent systems.
• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals (data structures and algorithms).

Nice to have

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes or other container and orchestration tools.
• Experience in the data protection industry.

Culture & Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off, 12 paid holidays, plus 4 extra global hirify.globale Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually.
• Paid parental leave (8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents).
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on your first day.
• Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools via our Employee Assistance Program.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops, and learning events.