Golang VPN Backend Architect for Scale and Security

Point Wild

United States

Remote

USD 250,000 - 275,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay
Health and wellness benefits
Retirement savings plans
Parental leave

Job summary

Point Wild is seeking a VPN Backend Architect to lead our backend team, focusing 70% of the time on Golang development. You will define the architectural direction for a platform serving millions, lead an engineering team, and ensure the development of scalable, secure services. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of backend experience, a solid understanding of networking protocols, and hands-on experience with VPN technologies. Benefits include competitive pay range between $250,000 and $275,000, health, wellness, and retirement plans.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of backend engineering & architecture experience with 5+ years in Golang.
  • Proven track record designing and operating distributed systems at scale.
  • Hands-on experience with VPN protocols and low-latency networking.

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve the architecture of the backend platform.
  • Design and build highly available distributed services in Golang.
  • Lead code reviews and champion best practices across the team.

Skills

Backend engineering
Architecture experience with Golang
Distributed systems
Networking protocols
VPN protocols

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS (EC2, EKS, S3, Aurora/RDS)
Docker
Kubernetes
Linux

Job description

Point Wild is seeking a VPN Backend Architect to lead our backend team, focusing 70% of the time on Golang development. You will define the architectural direction for a platform serving millions, lead an engineering team, and ensure the development of scalable, secure services. Ideal candidates have 8+ years of backend experience, a solid understanding of networking protocols, and hands-on experience with VPN technologies. Benefits include competitive pay range between $250,000 and $275,000, health, wellness, and retirement plans.
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