# Senior Backend Engineer - Performance

**Company:** [Teleport](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/teleport)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** €134k – €177k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Linux, Distributed Systems, Scalability, Performance Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Identity Management, RBAC, Abac, Zero Trust Security, Open Source
**Posted:** 2026-06-23

> Build and improve Teleport’s backend systems, focusing on scalability, performance, reliability, and security in large deployments. The role requires extensive Go experience, Linux systems engineering expertise, and experience developing distributed platforms.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Become an expert on Teleport's scalability, performance, and reliability in large deployments.
- Design, develop, and ship high-quality products.
- Write most of the code in Go.
- Collaborate with other Teleport teams on scalability and performance.
- Work directly with customers to diagnose and remediate performance issues.
- Grow technical expertise.

## Requirements
- Willingness to complete a coding challenge in Go as part of the interview process.
- Builder mentality and experience building zero-to-one products.
- Extensive Go experience.
- Extensive experience developing scalable, reliable, and performant distributed systems and platforms.
- Linux systems engineering experience.
- Knowledge of identity management, RBAC, ABAC, and zero-trust security models.
- Intellectual curiosity and willingness to master new technologies.
- Transparency, honesty, and a no-ego mindset.

## Nice-to-haves
- Significant open-source contributions.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Salary: €134,000–€177,100 annually.
- Extensive health coverage.
- Annual expense budget.
- Rest and recovery policies.
- Retirement savings plans.
- Professional development opportunities.

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