Senior Backend Engineer — Remote (Go, Kubernetes)

Sezzle; United States; Remote; USD 56,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Sezzle is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in the United States to join a fast-growing backend team. You will design software in Go and React, contribute to a distributed architecture, and mentor peers to raise engineering standards.

You’ll collaborate with product and support to deliver scalable features, measure outcomes with metrics, and guide projects from concept to production. A strong emphasis on collaboration, innovation, and impact drives our culture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of full-stack software engineering experience.
• Experience with building and serving REST APIs using Go (preferably) and Java/Python or a similar language.
• Experience with distributed cloud-based architecture and messaging tools (RabbitMQ, SQS, Kafka).
• Demonstrated experience using Claude or equivalent large language model tools.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Design software applications and features in Go and React.
• Help build out a distributed architecture, creating solutions that scale.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to design market-winning products.
• Develop and collect metrics to drive continuous improvement of existing products.
• Deliver high quality features which can be tested and adhere to reporting standards.
• As needed, lead small development teams to bring a project to market.
• Mentor other engineering teammates to help elevate their experience and knowledge.

Education

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

Job description

Sezzle is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in the United States to join a fast-growing backend team. You will design software in Go and React, contribute to a distributed architecture, and mentor peers to raise engineering standards.

You’ll collaborate with product and support to deliver scalable features, measure outcomes with metrics, and guide projects from concept to production. A strong emphasis on collaboration, innovation, and impact drives our culture.