Senior Backend Developer (Go, Python)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Developer (Go/Python): Designing, building, and scaling core server-side logic and high-performance microservices with an accent on real-time data pipelines and asynchronous messaging. Focus on optimizing backend infrastructure, implementing efficient RPC protocols (gRPC), and ensuring high availability under load.

Location: Work From Home 100% of the time or onsite in global offices (mention of Guatemala/Retalhuleu).

Company

An American software development and technology advisory firm specializing in custom product development, staff augmentation, and major system integrations.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain efficient and reliable backend services and APIs.
• Implement real-time data pipelines and asynchronous messaging systems.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize core services for high availability.
• Develop scheduled tasks, background workers, and automation workflows.
• Collaborate with frontend developers and product managers to deliver production-ready software.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional experience with Go (Golang) and Python.
• Expertise in building high-performance microservices and defining gRPC protocols.
• Proven experience with event-driven architecture and message brokers (Kafka, Pub-Sub).
• Demonstrated experience managing scheduled jobs and background processes (Cron).
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.

Nice to have

• Proficiency with Java.
• Experience with Celery for distributed task queues.

Culture & Benefits

• Full flexibility: 100% remote work or access to global offices.
• Generous vacation schedule.
• Company-provided brand new laptop.
• Supportive, non-competitive engineering environment with an upbeat culture.