Senior Software Engineer

platformsh; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Healthcare coverage in eligible cases

Company stock options

Professional development budget

Office equipment budget

Wellness budget

Annual team gatherings

Internet reimbursement

Inclusive parental leave

Remote work travel program

Job summary

Platform.sh in the United States is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own backend services for the billing platform, handling invoicing, usage reporting, taxes, and external integrations.

You will design and deliver Go-based services, shape architecture, and drive reliability, security, and observability. This remote-first role welcomes candidates across multiple countries and includes a professional development budget and stock options.

Qualifications

• Back-end Go development in distributed systems with production-ready architecture.
• Experience designing backend systems and architecture decisions that hold up in production.
• Strong SQL skills including data modeling, migrations, and performance tuning in PostgreSQL or MySQL.
• Experience integrating third-party APIs with constraints like rate limits and uptime.
• Understanding security vulnerabilities and their implications for payment/billing systems.
• Clear asynchronous communication in a distributed, multicultural team.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and API integrations in Go that connect the platform to external billing systems.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of usage-based billing features such as aggregation, estimates, usage alerts, and invoicing.
• Shape the architecture of owned components, weighing trade-offs between short-term delivery and long-term reliability.
• Investigate complex issues across distributed services and external APIs, fixing root causes rather than symptoms.
• Identify and close gaps in reliability, security, observability, and process within the billing domain.
• Mentor other engineers through code review, pairing, and technical guidance.
• Apply security best practices to sensitive customer and payment data and contribute to anti-abuse measures.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

Async communication

Security practices

Testing for failure paths

Tools

PostgreSQL

MySQL/MariaDB

External APIs

Job description

Role overview

Senior Software Engineer role on the billing platform team of a cloud application platform serving developers and DevOps teams. The position owns backend services that handle invoicing, usage reporting, taxes, and integrations with external commercial systems, partnering closely with Finance, Product, and Support.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and API integrations in Go that connect the platform to external billing systems.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of usage-based billing features such as aggregation, estimates, usage alerts, and invoicing.
• Shape the architecture of owned components, weighing trade-offs between short-term delivery and long-term reliability.
• Investigate complex issues across distributed services and external APIs, fixing root causes rather than symptoms.
• Identify and close gaps in reliability, security, observability, and process within the billing domain.
• Mentor other engineers through code review, pairing, and technical guidance.
• Apply security best practices to sensitive customer and payment data and contribute to anti-abuse measures.

Requirements

• Deep professional backend development experience in Go within distributed systems.
• Demonstrated success designing backend systems and making architecture decisions that hold up in production.
• Strong experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL/MariaDB, including data modeling, migrations, and performance tuning.
• Track record integrating third-party APIs where contracts, rate limits, and uptime are not fully under your control.
• Familiarity with domains where correctness matters, such as billing or payments, including thorough testing of failure paths.
• Solid understanding of common security vulnerabilities and their implications for payment and billing systems.
• Clear asynchronous communication skills suited to a distributed, multicultural team.

Nice to have

Experience with usage collection and aggregation, commercial billing platforms, or e-commerce systems.

Benefits and work setup

Remote-first role open to candidates in Canada, France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States (visa sponsorship not currently available).

• flexible PTO
• comprehensive healthcare coverage in eligible countries
• company stock options
• a professional development budget
• an office equipment budget
• a wellness budget
• annual team gatherings
• internet reimbursement
• inclusive parental leave
• a remote work travel program