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Customer.ioCustomer.ioUnited States

Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Build and scale distributed backend systems in Go for high-volume customer communications. Requires 7+ years experience with Go or similar, cloud environments like AWS/GCP, MySQL, and production observability.

150k – 200k/yr
Remote7+ YOEBackend Engineering

About the role

What You’ll Do

  • Design and build distributed systems in Go that help customers send timely, relevant messages at scale
  • Collaborate across teams to debug issues and deliver reliable solutions
  • Own problems end to end - from architecture and schema design to testing, deployment, and monitoring
  • Share knowledge and raise the bar through sharing your progress publicly with short videos, thoughtful writing, and mentorship
  • Use AI agents to make multi-file changes by scoping the work, writing the prompt, and verifying the output

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of experience building scalable, distributed systems in Go (or similar statically typed languages)
  • Comfort working in cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP)
  • Familiarity with relational databases (we use MySQL) and an understanding of performance tradeoffs
  • Experience with observability tooling and operating production systems
  • A bias for action over perfection, and pride in owning technical decisions

Compensation & Benefits

Starting salary for this role is $150,000 - $200,000 USD (or equivalent in local currency) depending on experience and subject to market rate adjustment.

Skills

GoAWSGCPMySQLDistributed SystemsObservability ToolingRelational DatabasesCloud-NativeSystem DesignAI Agents
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