Senior Backend Engineer, Customer Platform (Go, Remote)

Chainguard; United States; On-site; USD 157,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Stock options

100% health insurance coverage

Unlimited flexible time off

18 weeks paid parental leave

Job summary

Chainguard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Platform team, responsible for designing and building customer-facing backend services and APIs. You will work closely with Product and Experience teams in a fast-paced environment, ensuring quality and reliability.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of backend engineering experience, proficiency in Go, and thrives in a remote startup culture. Benefits include remote work flexibility, stock options, 100% health insurance coverage, and unlimited time off.

Qualifications

• Strong backend engineering experience of 5+ years building production services.
• Proficiency with Go (Golang) or readiness to ramp up quickly.
• Experience with designing, implementing, and evolving public APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve backend services and public APIs.
• Own features end-to-end in partnership with Product Management.
• Create technical design documents and plans.

Skills

Backend engineering experience 5+ years

Proficiency with Go (Golang)

Experience designing public APIs

Familiarity with microservices and cloud-native architectures

Excellent communication skills

Ability to thrive in a remote startup environment

Job description

Chainguard is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their Platform team, responsible for designing and building customer-facing backend services and APIs. You will work closely with Product and Experience teams in a fast-paced environment, ensuring quality and reliability.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of backend engineering experience, proficiency in Go, and thrives in a remote startup culture. Benefits include remote work flexibility, stock options, 100% health insurance coverage, and unlimited time off.