Senior Backend Engineer – Middleware & Cloud

Jobicy; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage (

401(k) with employer match

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Stock option grants

Job summary

ExtraHop is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Middleware team. You will design and build backend services in Go and Python that power our customer-facing platform, focusing on security, scalability, and reliability.

The role involves technical leadership, code reviews, agile delivery, and mentorship, with AWS/GCP work, Terraform, and data migrations to support high-throughput systems and public REST APIs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of backend development experience.
• Strong knowledge of Go and Python.
• Experience in API development and PostgreSQL design or optimization.
• Experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration in agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain services written in Go and Python powering ExtraHop's products.
• Lead and participate in agile development processes, code reviews, and technical strategy discussions.
• Provide technical leadership to junior team members and mentorship.
• Act as a technical expert, fostering excellence and collaborative problem solving.
• Address technical debt proactively, continually improving the codebase and stack.

Skills

Go

Python

API development

Distributed systems

PostgreSQL performance

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Job description

ExtraHop is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Middleware team. You will design and build backend services in Go and Python that power our customer-facing platform, focusing on security, scalability, and reliability.

The role involves technical leadership, code reviews, agile delivery, and mentorship, with AWS/GCP work, Terraform, and data migrations to support high-throughput systems and public REST APIs.