Senior Go Backend Engineer — High-Impact APIs Unlimited PTO

Semrush Inc.; España; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Hobby & team building budget allowance

Employee Support Program

Loss of family member financial aid

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Semrush Inc. is seeking a senior backend engineer with strong Go expertise to own complex features and ensure backend quality. You will design scalable APIs, drive performance tuning, and guide mid-level and junior developers within a data-driven team.

You will contribute to CI/CD pipelines, incident responses, and best-practice coding standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable services at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a backend programming environment with Go, Java, Python, C#, etc., and at least 2 years’ current experience in Go.
• Expert in Golang with deep understanding of advanced concepts and performance tuning.
• Mastery in distributed systems, design patterns, and implementation.
• Expert in designing high-performance, secure, and scalable APIs.

Responsibilities

• Leading the development of complex features and projects.
• Ensuring the overall quality and performance of the backend codebase.
• Establishing and enforcing coding standards and best practices.
• Leading code reviews and fostering a culture of quality.
• Designing and maintaining comprehensive CI/CD pipelines.
• Handling and resolving critical incidents and providing post-mortem analysis.
• Mentoring mid-level and junior developers, providing guidance and support.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives for the development process and codebase.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

APIs design

Golang

SQL

PostgreSQL

BigQuery

Mentoring

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

PostgreSQL

BigQuery

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Semrush Inc. is seeking a senior backend engineer with strong Go expertise to own complex features and ensure backend quality. You will design scalable APIs, drive performance tuning, and guide mid-level and junior developers within a data-driven team.

You will contribute to CI/CD pipelines, incident responses, and best-practice coding standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable services at scale.