Senior Go Backend Architect - Real-Time Distributed Systems

evoke; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Unlimited PTO

Learning stipend

On-site 3x/week in Austin

Job summary

evoke in Austin, TX (Hybrid) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (Golang) to own the backend powering a large, distributed device network and real-time content delivery at scale.

You will be the senior individual contributor on the backend team, designing, building, and maintaining high-scale Go services, leading end-to-end backend initiatives, and partnering with Product to scope and execute work. The role requires 10+ years of experience and BS in CS/CE or equivalent.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Go with production-scale backend systems.
• Experience building API-first, customer-facing services.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain high-scale backend services in Go.
• Lead backend initiatives end-to-end—from architecture to production.
• Build and evolve systems that manage content delivery across a nationwide network.
• Design and evolve API-first services supporting customer-facing and internal apps.
• Partner with Product to scope, plan, and execute backend work.

Skills

Go (Golang)

Distributed systems

API-first design

Backend architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Job description

evoke in Austin, TX (Hybrid) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer (Golang) to own the backend powering a large, distributed device network and real-time content delivery at scale.

You will be the senior individual contributor on the backend team, designing, building, and maintaining high-scale Go services, leading end-to-end backend initiatives, and partnering with Product to scope and execute work. The role requires 10+ years of experience and BS in CS/CE or equivalent.