Senior Data Platform Engineer - Remote

Liftoff; Colorado Springs (CO); Remote; USD 97,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Job summary

Liftoff is a remote-first company seeking a Software Engineer to join our backend team. You will own significant backend initiatives, design scalable services, and ship code multiple times daily, measuring impact on millions of users and revenue.

You should have 5+ years of software engineering experience, strong CS fundamentals, and hands-on work with distributed systems and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP). A CS degree is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
• 5+ years software engineering experience.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems and backend architectures.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end backend initiatives and collaborate with a small team of engineers.
• Ship code multiple times a day and observe impact on users and revenue.
• Contribute to engineering excellence through risk-driven testing and code reviews.

Skills

Go language

Distributed systems

Cloud technologies

CS fundamentals

Backend architecture

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Job description

Liftoff is a remote-first company seeking a Software Engineer to join our backend team. You will own significant backend initiatives, design scalable services, and ship code multiple times daily, measuring impact on millions of users and revenue.

You should have 5+ years of software engineering experience, strong CS fundamentals, and hands-on work with distributed systems and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP). A CS degree is expected.