Senior / Principal Backend Software Engineer

Team Remotely; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 80,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior/Principal Backend Software Engineer, where you will play a key role in designing and building innovative products. This hands-on position focuses on coding, allowing you to leverage your expertise in cloud engineering and backend development. You'll collaborate with a diverse team, ensuring high performance and security in mission-critical systems while enjoying flexible working arrangements. With a commitment to inclusivity and a fun work environment, this is an exciting opportunity for engineers passionate about creating impactful solutions. If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative setting, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Health benefits

Generous PTO

Dog-friendly office

Unlimited snacks & drinks

Flexible working hours

401k program

Rock climbing & skateboarding opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud or backend engineering for mission-critical systems.
• Strong understanding of reliability practices and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain products, services, and features.
• Write technical design docs and customer-facing documentation.
• Coordinate work with frontend engineers and designers.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

Backend Development

Application Security

Scalability

Performance Optimization

Multi-threading

Concurrency

Distributed Systems

Tools

Go (Golang)

GCP

Postgres

MySQL

Terraform

Docker

Redis

Hardware Security Modules (HSM)

Job description

Senior / Principal Backend Software Engineer

Senior / Principal Backend Software Engineer (5 year experience, remote)

About us: Be part of our future! This job posting builds our talent pool for potential future openings. We'll compare your skills and experience against both current and future needs. If there's a match, we'll contact you directly. No guarantee of immediate placement, and we only consider applications from US/Canada residents during the application process.

Hiring Type: Full-Time

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States full-time. We are not able to sponsor applicants for work visas at this time.

We offer health benefits and generous PTO packages.

Our office is dog friendly, has unlimited snacks & drinks, flexible working hours (get out for the pow day!), and lots of rock climbing & skateboarding.

We offer competitive healthcare benefits and a 401k program.

We are committed to being a fun, groundbreaking, and inclusive place to work. We strongly encourage engineers from all community and traditionally underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

About the role:
We’re looking for people with a strong technical background and a passion for building products, not just features. This is not a management but a full-time hands-on position: you will spend the majority of your time coding.

As an engineer at Team Remotely, you will:

1. Design, build and maintain Team Remotely products, services and features
2. Write technical design docs and customer-facing documentation
3. Carry out code reviews
4. Address customer issues
5. Build tooling to monitor and analyze Team Remotely services, both in terms of performance and security
6. Take part in the on-call rota
7. Coordinate your work with our frontend engineers and designers
8. Have broad exposure to our entire architecture

You will use:

1. Go (Golang)
2. GCP
3. Hardware Security Modules (HSM)
4. Postgres and MySQL
5. Terraform
6. Docker
7. Redis

Please note:
The exact level of the role (Senior or Principal) will depend on your experience and interview performance.

Team Remotely is remote-first and we offer flexible working arrangements to help our team manage their daily lives in the way that works best for them.

If you are not located in the US, you will be hired either via a B2B contract or through an employer of record.

You are a good fit if you:

1. Have experience as a cloud or backend engineer for a multi-tenant large scale mission critical system
2. Have a strong understanding of reliability practices, distributed systems, and cloud native architectures
3. Care about application security, scalability and performance
4. Understand and apply engineering best practices, including appropriate testing paradigms and effective peer code reviews
5. Have a good understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies
6. Are comfortable working with a high degree of independence and minimal process
7. Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative and iterative environment
8. Care deeply about user experience and developer experience
9. Enjoy working with a diverse group of people with different backgrounds and expertise