Senior Backend Engineer - Scale API & Data (Remote)

Pavago; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Pavago is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to shape our core API and data layer as we scale from thousands to millions of daily events. You will design reliable backend systems, collaborate with product, and make thoughtful technical decisions balancing scalability, performance, and business needs.

Responsibilities include building resilient backend services, APIs, PostgreSQL data layer, observability, reliability, and working with product teams on tradeoffs. The role is remote with U.S.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and shipping backend systems in production.
• Strong proficiency in Python or Go.
• Strong SQL skills and PostgreSQL experience.
• Experience designing production APIs and backend services.
• Strong understanding of background jobs and asynchronous processing.
• Practical approach to testing and software quality.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship resilient backend services.
• Develop and maintain scalable APIs and data-layer infrastructure.
• Work with PostgreSQL and background job systems.
• Build systems capable of handling high volumes of daily events.
• Implement pragmatic testing practices to maintain reliability and code quality.
• Partner closely with product teams to define scope and technical tradeoffs.

Skills

Python

Go

SQL

API design

Asynchronous processing

Testing

Reliability

Problem solving

Collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

Job description

Pavago is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to shape our core API and data layer as we scale from thousands to millions of daily events. You will design reliable backend systems, collaborate with product, and make thoughtful technical decisions balancing scalability, performance, and business needs.

Responsibilities include building resilient backend services, APIs, PostgreSQL data layer, observability, reliability, and working with product teams on tradeoffs. The role is remote with U.S.