Senior Backend (GO) Engineer - Remote - Mexico

Kake; Tijuana; Remote; MXN 2,251,000 - 3,376,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive USD pay

Fully remote

Better Me Fund

Compassionate community

Job summary

Kake is a remote-first company seeking a Senior Backend (Go) Engineer to join its technology team. You will develop the digital and streaming products powering payments, subscriptions, billing, taxes, refunds, and commerce across large-scale direct-to-consumer experiences.

You will design scalable APIs and event-driven systems, own production services, mentor peers, and collaborate with stakeholders globally to improve reliability, security, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with scalable APIs and event-driven systems.
• Strong proficiency in Go; production experience from day one.
• Experience with payments or commerce platforms (Stripe, Adyen, etc.).
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Redis).
• Proficient in AWS and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong ownership mindset and incident response experience.
• Excellent communication in a distributed team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction of key commerce capabilities, from architecture and design through production.
• Design and build scalable, secure APIs and event-driven systems.
• Work on payment authorization and capture, refunds, disputes, reconciliation, and subscription lifecycle management.
• Build reliable systems that handle retries, out-of-order webhooks, idempotency, and eventual consistency.
• Make architecture decisions balancing reliability, security, cost, and speed of delivery.
• Take ownership of production systems, including incident response, root-cause analysis, and follow-up improvements.
• Write high-quality production code with meaningful test coverage and automation.
• Mentor other engineers and help raise the engineering standards across the team.
• Evaluate emerging payment and commerce technologies and identify opportunities to improve conversion, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Work closely with stakeholders across different business areas to build reusable commerce capabilities without compromising their individual customer experiences.

Skills

Go

API design

Event-driven design

Payments platforms

Cloud fundamentals

Generative AI in dev

Ownership mindset

Communication skills

Tools

DynamoDB

Redis

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Backend (GO) Engineer to join the technology team of a leading global sports and entertainment company, building the digital and streaming products behind some of the world’s most recognized sports content. You’ll work on the systems that power payments, subscriptions, billing, taxes, refunds, and commerce across direct-to-consumer products used at significant scale, including major spikes in traffic during live sporting events. This is a unique opportunity for senior engineers who enjoy solving complex distributed systems problems where reliability, security, scalability, and correctness directly impact the customer experience and real-world transactions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical direction of key commerce capabilities, from architecture and design through production.
• Design and build scalable, secure APIs and event-driven systems.
• Work on payment authorization and capture, refunds, disputes, reconciliation, and subscription lifecycle management.
• Build reliable systems that handle retries, out-of-order webhooks, idempotency, and eventual consistency.
• Make architecture decisions balancing reliability, security, cost, and speed of delivery.
• Take ownership of production systems, including incident response, root-cause analysis, and follow-up improvements.
• Write high-quality production code with meaningful test coverage and automation.
• Mentor other engineers and help raise the engineering standards across the team.
• Evaluate emerging payment and commerce technologies and identify opportunities to improve conversion, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Work closely with stakeholders across different business areas to build reusable commerce capabilities without compromising their individual customer experiences.

Core Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on scalable APIs and event-driven systems.
• Strong proficiency in Go — commerce services are primarily written in Go, and you should be ready to contribute to production code from day one.
• Experience with payments or commerce platforms, such as Stripe, Adyen, Braintree, or similar.
• Strong understanding of software architecture and large-scale system design.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, ideally DynamoDB and Redis.
• Professional experience with AWS or another major cloud provider.
• Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes.
• Strong computer science fundamentals and problem-solving skills.
• Professional experience using Generative AI tools in software development.
• Strong ownership mindset and experience operating production systems.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders across a distributed, global team.

Nice-to-Have:

• Experience building streaming applications or platforms supporting large-scale live events.
• Experience with high-availability e-commerce systems and traffic spikes.
• Experience managing subscription lifecycles, including renewals, upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations.
• Strong understanding of idempotency, webhook processing, retries, and eventual consistency.
• Experience building commerce functionality directly into video streaming experiences.

Additional Information:

• Work model: This is a remote opportunity, based in Mexico.

Why Join Kake?

Kake is a remote-first company with a global community, fully believing that it’s not where your table is, but what you bring to the table that matters. We provide top-tier engineering teams to support some of the world’s most innovative companies, and we’ve built a culture where great people stay, grow, and thrive. We’re proud to be more than just a stop along the way in your career - we’re the destination.

The icing on the Kake:

Competitive Pay in USD – Work globally, get paid globally.

Fully Remote – Simply put, we trust you.

Better Me Fund – We invest in your personal growth and passions.

Compassion is Badass – Join a community that invests in social good.

Please Note: Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.