# Software Engineer - Code Understanding [IC2]
**Company:** [Sourcegraph](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sourcegraph)
**Location:** Remote
**Salary:** $64K-$160K
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Go, TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Sveltekit, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Postgres, Redis
**Posted:** 2026-04-21
> Build full-stack features for code intelligence products like Code Search and Deep Search, spanning React/SvelteKit frontends, GraphQL APIs, and Go backends with databases and caching. Requires 2-5 years experience, proficiency in Go and TypeScript, and collaboration with product/design teams.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities

- Build features for Code Search, Code Intel, Deep Search, Code Review, and related APIs.
- Ship end-to-end user experience tasks across the stack, from **React** and **SvelteKit** frontends, through **GraphQL** APIs, to **Go** backend services interfacing with **SQL** relational storage, **Redis** caching, and blob storage.
- Collaborate with product and design teams to translate user feedback into requirements.
- Take ownership of smaller features and influence product direction.

## Requirements

- 2-5 years of hands-on experience as a full-stack software engineer.
- Proficient in **Go** with exposure to scaling and concurrency.
- Proficient in **TypeScript** and **JavaScript** frameworks (**React** and **SvelteKit** a plus).
- Knowledge of **GraphQL**.
- Comfortable with **Docker** and familiar with **Kubernetes**.
- Experience with relational databases (**PostgreSQL** a plus).
- Comfortable with CLI and **bash** scripting.
- Experience working with product and design teams in a multi-service environment.
- Familiar with **macOS** and **Linux**.
- Use agentic coding tools while owning the code.

## Nice-to-haves

- Familiarity with product ergonomics and designing user-facing features.
- Experience in async-first distributed remote teams.
- Customer-facing experience: gathering requirements, incorporating feedback.

## Compensation

- Zone-based salary: Zone 1: $160,000; Zone 2: $128,000; Zone 3: $96,000; Zone 4: $64,000 (annual base).
- Equity and benefits.
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