Backend Developer

Energy Innovation Corp; Princeton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 106,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Clear ladder

Real benefits

Flexible hybrid days

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp. in Princeton, NJ seeks a Go engineer to scale systems handling traffic across NJ and beyond. You will own projects, leverage 5 years of Go expertise, and contribute to a mentoring-driven environment with a clear ladder and real benefits.

The role supports a flexible hybrid schedule and a collaborative Google-aligned culture while delivering robust observability, automated quality checks, and fast, reliable deployments.

Qualifications

• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence.
• Familiar with hybrid schedules and team norms.
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery.

Responsibilities

• Stand up observability so Google sees failures before customers in NJ.
• Monitor error budgets and manage flow to prevent overages.
• Build Azure tooling to boost Princeton engineers’ productivity.
• Incorporate Jest telemetry into actionable dashboards.
• Maintain code quality through automated linting, testing, and analysis.
• Keep the CI/CD pipeline green to support rapid deployments.
• Document architectural decisions, APIs, and key infra details.

Skills

Go

Observability

Azure tooling

Linting

Testing

Static analysis

Tools

Jest

Job description

Join our engineering team in Princeton and help us scale systems that handle traffic from across NJ and beyond. Take ownership, lean on your 5 years of Go, and earn $106,000 - $148,000 as part of a team that grows with you.

Key Responsibilities

• Stand up observability so Google sees failures before customers in NJ do
• Watch Scrum error budgets and pump the brakes before Princeton, NJ burns through them
• Build the Microsoft Azure tooling that makes every other Princeton engineer faster
• Pull Jest telemetry into dashboards Google leaders actually open
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis
• Keep the Teamwork build pipeline green so Princeton deploys never wait on a red light
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org

What You'll Bring

• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence
• Working familiarity with hybrid schedules and team norms at Google
• Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery

The ambitious team behind Google chose Princeton on purpose, betting that great technology work doesn't need a coastal zip code. We reward the teammate who unblocks three colleagues over the one who quietly hero-codes alone.

The $106,000 - $148,000 we offer comes attached to mentorship, a clear ladder, real benefits, and flexible hybrid days you can plan around.

The Google team is expanding in Princeton, NJ this quarter, and this seat is part of that growth.