Senior Backend Engineer — Distributed AdTech Platform

Kargo; New York (NY); On-site; USD 185,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Kargo in New York is seeking a Senior Engineer to design and build distributed services for the Workflow Platform modernization. You will own projects end-to-end—from design through deployment and post-launch optimization—and work with product, data, and other engineers to raise the bar on reliability and observability.

The role emphasizes scalable systems, performance tuning, and active use of AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of software engineering experience in distributed or high-scale backend systems.
• Strong proficiency in at least one modern, high-performance language (TypeScript and/or Golang preferred).
• Solid understanding of distributed systems (consistency, availability, fault tolerance, event-driven architecture).
• Experience building and maintaining microservices in production at scale; async messaging (Kafka, Pub/Sub) a plus.
• CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), cloud infra (AWS/GCP/Azure), and debugging with monitoring/tracing.
• Active user of AI coding tools (Cursor, Copilot) with productivity gains.

Responsibilities

• Design and build distributed services for the Workflow Platform modernization.
• Own significant projects end-to-end—from design through deployment and post-launch optimization.

Skills

TypeScript

Golang

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS/GCP/Azure

Kafka

Job description

Kargo in New York is seeking a Senior Engineer to design and build distributed services for the Workflow Platform modernization. You will own projects end-to-end—from design through deployment and post-launch optimization—and work with product, data, and other engineers to raise the bar on reliability and observability.

The role emphasizes scalable systems, performance tuning, and active use of AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery.