Go Backend Developer

Impact Scale; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health insurance

Professional development

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Catered lunches

Coffee bar

Job summary

Impact Scale is actively seeking a Senior Backend Engineer (Go) to design and scale our real-time performance management platform. You will work with a small, fast‑moving team to craft backend services and integrations, driving performance, reliability and scalability.

You will own significant components and push for clean, testable code. You will collaborate with experienced engineers to deliver production‑ready solutions, review code, and contribute to ongoing platform improvements while

Qualifications

• 4+ years of backend development in Go.
• Experience building REST APIs and integrating with third‑party services.
• Familiarity with event‑driven or microservice architectures and message brokers.

Responsibilities

• Develop new backend features and services using Go.
• Build and maintain APIs and integrations with external partners.
• Implement capabilities within an event‑driven microservice platform.
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to deliver production‑ready solutions.
• Write clean, well‑tested, maintainable code.
• Participate in code reviews and continuous platform improvement.

Skills

Go

REST APIs

Microservices

PostgreSQL

Redis

Docker

Concurrency

Git

Russian/Ukrainian

Tools

NATS

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Job description

Backend Software Engineer (Go)

Impact Scale is seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer (Go) to help build and scale our next-generation performance management platform. This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys developing high-performance backend applications, solving complex technical challenges, and building reliable systems that process large volumes of real-time data.

Join a small engineering team building a real-time high performance management platform. You'll collaborate with senior engineers to deliver new platform capabilities, build backend services and integrations, and continuously improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of the platform. We're looking for someone who takes ownership of their work, writes clean, maintainable code, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop new backend features and services using Go
• Build and maintain APIs and integrations with external partners
• Implement new capabilities within an event-driven microservice platform
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and scalability
• Collaborate with senior engineers to deliver production-ready solutions
• Write clean, well-tested, and maintainable code
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to continuous improvement of the platform

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years experience developing backend applications in Go
• Experience building REST APIs and integrating with third-party services
• Familiarity with event-driven or microservice architectures and message brokers (NATS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
• Experience working with PostgreSQL and Redis
• Comfortable developing containerized applications using Docker
• Understanding of concurrency, asynchronous processing, and backend performance optimization
• Experience working in collaborative engineering teams using Git and code reviews
• Fluency in Russian or Ukrainian is strongly preferred

Nice to Have

• Experience with high-throughput or real-time backend systems
• Experience with ClickHouse or other analytical databases
• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry)
• Experience in AdTech, lead generation, martech, or fintech
• Exposure to Rust

Location Benefits

This role is based in Downtown Vancouver, WA.

Impact Scale Offers

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Professional development opportunities
• Retirement savings options
• Paid time off
• Catered lunches
• Coffee bar