Senior Backend Engineer - Remote, Platform & APIs

Chainguard, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 157,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & Remote-First Culture

100% Covered Health Insurance

∞ Flexible Time Off

18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Chainguard, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Platform team. This remote role focuses on designing and building customer-facing backend services and APIs that support various products. The position emphasizes quality, collaboration, and agility.

Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of backend engineering experience, proficiency in Go, and familiarity with microservices. The salary range is $157,000 - $184,000 USD.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building production services and APIs in a modern cloud environment.
• Strong readiness to ramp quickly with Go (Golang).
• Experience with public APIs and topics like versioning and usability.

Responsibilities

• Design and build customer-facing backend services and public APIs.
• Own features end-to-end from design through implementation.
• Contribute to a product-driven roadmap with clear outcomes.

Skills

Backend engineering experience

Proficiency with Go (Golang)

Experience in microservices and cloud-native architectures

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Tools

Kubernetes

Containers

Job description

Chainguard, Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Platform team. This remote role focuses on designing and building customer-facing backend services and APIs that support various products. The position emphasizes quality, collaboration, and agility.

Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of backend engineering experience, proficiency in Go, and familiarity with microservices. The salary range is $157,000 - $184,000 USD.