Senior Backend Engineer (Go) – Remote, High-Impact

Liftoff; Idaho; Remote; USD 141,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Liftoff is hiring a Software Engineer to help build and scale our AI-powered performance marketing platform for mobile apps. You will own full features, collaborate with top engineers, and ship code rapidly to impact millions of users and Liftoff's revenue.

The role emphasizes Go and other modern tech, with a strong focus on distributed systems, backend architectures, and cloud infrastructure. Remote-friendly with state-of-the-art tooling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years software engineering experience.
• Strong CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, architecting systems).
• Experience with any major cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience building high scale distributed systems and backend architectures.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and eager to learn and get things done.
• Genuine interest and/or experience in debugging and troubleshooting complex distributed systems problems.

Responsibilities

• Have end-to-end ownership of projects, and collaborate with a small team of world-class engineers with diverse backgrounds.
• Ship code multiple times a day, and within seconds see its quantified impact on millions of users and our business's revenue.
• Be part of an engineering excellence culture through state-of-the-art tools, risk-driven testing, explainable systems, and code review.
• Become an authority in Go and many other cutting-edge open-source technologies.
• Join a nimble, consistently excellent, and experienced engineering team.

Skills

Go programming

Distributed systems

Backend development

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Code review

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields

Tools

Kafka

Job description

Liftoff is hiring a Software Engineer to help build and scale our AI-powered performance marketing platform for mobile apps. You will own full features, collaborate with top engineers, and ship code rapidly to impact millions of users and Liftoff's revenue.

The role emphasizes Go and other modern tech, with a strong focus on distributed systems, backend architectures, and cloud infrastructure. Remote-friendly with state-of-the-art tooling.