Senior Backend Engineer (Go)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Golang, Ruby): Designing, prototyping, and implementing high-quality backend features and tools for distributed systems with an accent on scalability, resilience, and security. Focus on leading large-scale projects, driving end-to-end lifecycle, and resolving complex issues in cloud-native environments.

Company

hirify.global Software transforms client challenges into solutions by building AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society.

What you will do

• Design, prototype, and implement features and tools while ensuring stability and usability.
• Lead large-scale projects, overseeing design, implementation, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborate with Product Design, Product Management, and engineering teams.
• Act as a subject matter expert in Golang development and advocate for technical roadmap initiatives.
• Debug complex issues, review code for quality and optimization, and ensure best practices.
• Mentor engineers, facilitate team activities, and support production environments via an on-call rotation.

Requirements

• At least 6+ years of experience as an engineer.
• Professional experience developing with modern programming languages, with interest in Golang and Ruby.
• Experience working with distributed systems, particularly on a cloud provider such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and security.
• Emerging ability to direct work and influence others, with a strategic approach to problem-solving.
• Cloud-native mindset and solid understanding of DevOps principles in a cloud environment.
• Familiarity with cloud monitoring tools to implement robust observability practices (metrics, logging, tracing).
• Intentional focus on stakeholder management and effective communication.

Nice to have

• Experience using HashiCorp products (Terraform, Packer, Waypoint, Nomad, Vault, Boundary, Consul).
• Prior experience working in cloud platform engineering teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to learn and develop your career, experiment, and receive continuous trust and support.
• Work in an environment that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning.
• Contribute to an organization that applies intelligence, reason, and science to improve business and society.
• Be part of a team that is growth-minded, curious, open to feedback, and collaborative.
• Work for one of the largest corporate organizations and technology employers globally.
• hirify.global is an equal-opportunity employer committed to fair employment practices.

Hiring process

• Apply to not more than 3 roles in a year for the best candidate experience.
• Discuss location requirements with the recruiter following submission of your application.