Senior Backend Engineer, Middleware — Remote

Devconnectplatform; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Annual discretionary bonus

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

ExtraHop is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain Go and Python services powering its NDR platform. You will lead agile processes, participate in code reviews, and mentor junior engineers to drive technical excellence across a scalable, secure system.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and customer-centric software, with AWS/GCP/Terraform-based infrastructure and a focus on reliability and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• 7+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Solid knowledge of Go, Python, or an equivalent programming language.
• Experience in API development, PostgreSQL database design or SQL query performance optimization.
• Experience building and scaling distributed, highly available systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain services written in Go and Python powering ExtraHop’s products.
• Lead and participate actively in agile development processes, code reviews, and technical strategy discussions.
• Provide technical leadership to junior team members and leverage mentorship to help the team.
• Act as a technical expert, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.
• Address technical debt proactively to continually improve the codebase and stack.

Skills

Go

Python

API development

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

AWS

Terraform

Education

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

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

ExtraHop is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain Go and Python services powering its NDR platform. You will lead agile processes, participate in code reviews, and mentor junior engineers to drive technical excellence across a scalable, secure system.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and customer-centric software, with AWS/GCP/Terraform-based infrastructure and a focus on reliability and security.