Senior Backend Engineer: Go, SpiceDB, APIs (On-site, 3mo)

Biamp Systems LLC; United States; On-site; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Biamp Systems LLC is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for a 3-month on-site contract to develop cloud services, APIs, and infrastructure for Biamp’s audiovisual conferencing solutions worldwide.

You will lead the implementation of a new permission model using SpiceDB, design backend microservices, and ensure secure, scalable access control across the platform while coordinating with product and QA teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/SE or equivalent practical experience
• 6+ years of commercial software development, backend services and cloud infrastructure
• Proficiency in Go (Golang) and building microservices
• Experience designing and building APIs, with GraphQL preferred; REST or gRPC also valuable
• Experience with SpiceDB, OpenFGA, or other Zanzibar-style permission systems
• Experience designing relationship-based, hierarchical authorization models (ReBAC)
• Experience with SQL and relational databases
• Experience working in Linux environments, including shell scripting
• Experience with agile development practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work independently and in a team

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend microservices and APIs (REST, GraphQL, and gRPC)
• Design and implement fine-grained authorization using SpiceDB
• Plan and carry out zero-downtime migrations of access to the new permission model
• Build event-driven services using messaging systems such as NATS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ
• Design and maintain SQL database schemas, queries, and data migrations
• Troubleshoot and improve reliability, security, and performance of production services
• Collaborate with Web, Embedded Software, QA, and Product teams to deliver features
• Participate in code reviews and document designs and processes in Confluence
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor

Skills

Go (Golang)

Backend development

Cloud infrastructure

Agile development

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/SE or equivalent

Tools

SpiceDB

OpenFGA

GraphQL

REST

gRPC

NATS

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Kubernetes

Docker

Zitadel

Auth0

Okta

Microsoft Entra ID

Terraform

Jenkins

Bitbucket

Azure

Job description

Biamp Systems LLC is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for a 3-month on-site contract to develop cloud services, APIs, and infrastructure for Biamp’s audiovisual conferencing solutions worldwide.

You will lead the implementation of a new permission model using SpiceDB, design backend microservices, and ensure secure, scalable access control across the platform while coordinating with product and QA teams.