Senior Backend Software Engineer (Fully Remote)

Percona; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Career development funds

Equity

Job summary

Percona is seeking a backend engineer specializing in Go to design and build reliable, scalable APIs within a remote-only, globally distributed team. You will own features from design through testing and delivery, and participate in code reviews to raise engineering standards.

We value production Go experience, observability skills, and familiarity with OpenTelemetry. Expect flexible hours, equity, and career development funds as part of a collaborative culture across 50+ countries.

Qualifications

• Production Go backend experience.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, metrics, logging, or tracing systems.
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry concepts and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop reliable, scalable backend services and APIs in Go.
• Take ownership of complex features from design through implementation, testing, and delivery.
• Participate in code and architecture reviews and help establish engineering best practices.

Skills

Go

Observability

OpenTelemetry

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Job description

• Design and develop reliable, scalable, and performant backend services and APIs in Go.
• Take ownership of complex features from technical design through implementation, testing, and delivery.
• Participate in code and architecture reviews and help establish engineering best practices.

What You Bring:

• Strong backend engineering experience with significant production experience in Go.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, metrics, logging, or tracing systems.
• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry concepts and architecture.

Why Percona:

• Remote-only and globally dispersed workforce with colleagues in more than 50 countries.
• Collaborative, highly-engaged culture where your ideas are welcome and your voice is heard.
• Generous benefits including flexible hours, career development funds, and equity.

Percona

Percona provides open-source database software, support, and services to enable everyone to innovate freely. We are a remote-only, globally dispersed team of experts across more than 50 countries with a collaborative, highly-engaged culture.