Senior Backend Engineer - Golang & Scaled Systems

HCL International; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL International is building a social media–driven influencer shopping platform. You will contribute core backend work using Golang, Typescript, GCP, Kubernetes, and GraphQL on a distributed system at scale.

This senior role requires 7+ years of full-time software engineering, exceptional architectural skills, and a strong ownership mindset to deliver complex integrations end-to-end in a fast-growing VC-backed startup environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-time software engineering experience.
• Experience building massive distributed systems at scale.
• Golang on applications, not just infra.
• Exceptional experience with architectural patterns.
• High ownership and strong initiative.
• Experience with complicated integrations.

Responsibilities

• Contribute as a core backend engineer on scalable systems.
• Lead architecture decisions for distributed services.
• Implement services using Golang and GraphQL.
• Interface with Kubernetes, GCP, and related infra.
• Own end-to-end features from design to production.

Skills

Golang

Typescript

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

GCP

GraphQL

Job description

HCL International is building a social media–driven influencer shopping platform. You will contribute core backend work using Golang, Typescript, GCP, Kubernetes, and GraphQL on a distributed system at scale.

This senior role requires 7+ years of full-time software engineering, exceptional architectural skills, and a strong ownership mindset to deliver complex integrations end-to-end in a fast-growing VC-backed startup environment.