Senior Backend Engineer — Go, Open Source Data Security

Virtru; Washington; Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO policy

Learning & Development Stipend

Team celebrations

Employee Assistance Program

Access to Headspace

3% retirement contribution

Job summary

Virtru in Washington is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to contribute to their Go-based backend and the open-source OpenTDF project. Your role will involve designing and maintaining core services while tackling complex engineering challenges.

With a strong emphasis on data security, candidates should have over 5 years of backend development experience and proficiency in Go. The position offers competitive compensation of $155,000-200,000 per year along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a significant focus on backend development.
• Strong proficiency in Go and experience building production-grade, scalable services.
• Experience with microservice and monolithic architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core backend platform and services using Go.
• Contribute directly to the open-source OpenTDF project.
• Tackle complex engineering challenges related to data security and scalability.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Backend development

Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

APIs (gRPC, REST)

Distributed systems

Job description

Virtru in Washington is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to contribute to their Go-based backend and the open-source OpenTDF project. Your role will involve designing and maintaining core services while tackling complex engineering challenges.

With a strong emphasis on data security, candidates should have over 5 years of backend development experience and proficiency in Go. The position offers competitive compensation of $155,000-200,000 per year along with comprehensive benefits.