Remote Senior Backend Engineer - Go, Cloud and Scale

Sezzle; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Sezzle is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in a remote role in the United States. You will design software in Go and React, help scale a distributed architecture, and work with Product, Support, and other teams to build market-winning features.

The role requires 7+ years of full-stack experience, REST API expertise, and comfort using Claude or similar AI tools to boost productivity and collaboration. Strong leadership and stakeholder communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field is required.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building REST APIs using Go (preferred)
• Experience with distributed cloud architectures (Kafka/SQS/RabbitMQ)
• Experience with Claude or similar LLM tools is required.

Responsibilities

• Design software applications and features in Go and React.
• Help build a distributed architecture and scale systems.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to design market-winning products.
• Develop metrics to drive product improvement.
• Deliver high-quality features meeting standards.
• Lead small development teams to bring projects to market.
• Mentor engineers to elevate team capabilities.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

REST API design

AI tooling (Claude)

Distributed cloud architecture

Mentoring teammates

Stakeholder communication

Go, React, Python proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Go

React

Kubernetes

AWS

SQL ORM

Monitoring (Prometheus/NewRelic/Datadog)

Job description

Sezzle is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in a remote role in the United States. You will design software in Go and React, help scale a distributed architecture, and work with Product, Support, and other teams to build market-winning features.

The role requires 7+ years of full-stack experience, REST API expertise, and comfort using Claude or similar AI tools to boost productivity and collaboration. Strong leadership and stakeholder communication are essential.