Go Backend Engineer — Hybrid, Equity & Growth

Maxana; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity

Medical, dental, and vision

Flexible paid time off

Learning and development stipend

Job summary

A well-funded AI platform company is seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to own features across APIs, CLI tooling, and integrations. You will write clean, efficient Go code, mentor other engineers, and set the technical direction for projects. Ideal candidates should have 5+ years of SaaS experience and familiarity with cloud platforms and containerization. The role offers a competitive salary range of $110,000–$270,000, along with ample benefits including medical and flexible paid time off.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production Go experience in a SaaS environment.
• Broad knowledge of backend and frontend systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with containerization.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, efficient, production-grade code in Go.
• Build and scale APIs, CLI tools, and billing systems.
• Set technical direction alongside leadership.
• Evaluate and strengthen technical architecture.
• Champion software quality and reduce technical debt.

Skills

Production-grade code in Go (Golang)

Building and scaling APIs

Setting technical direction

Mentoring engineers

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

A well-funded AI platform company is seeking an experienced Backend Engineer to own features across APIs, CLI tooling, and integrations. You will write clean, efficient Go code, mentor other engineers, and set the technical direction for projects. Ideal candidates should have 5+ years of SaaS experience and familiarity with cloud platforms and containerization. The role offers a competitive salary range of $110,000–$270,000, along with ample benefits including medical and flexible paid time off.