Senior Software Engineer - Backend

GoDaddy Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

GoDaddy is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer to help build and improve our Internal Developer Platform — a centralized system that powers how engineers across the company build, deploy, and operate software. This platform is used by 1,000+ engineers to manage everything from cloud infrastructure and application lifecycle to security, compliance, and cost transparency.

In this role, you'll own meaningful pieces of the platform end-to-end: designing, building, and shipping services

Qualifications

• Backend with Node.js/TypeScript and API design (REST, versioning, contracts).
• Experience with AWS (ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB, RDS/Aurora, IAM).
• Strong distributed systems fundamentals (data modeling, caching, consistency, system design).
• CI/CD and testing best practices (GitHub Actions, unit/integration testing).
• Experience working in Scrum and improving product/process; curious about AI tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship platform services used by 1,000+ engineers.
• Contribute to high-scale API design, infrastructure orchestration, and metadata systems.
• Build AI-powered developer tooling and agentic workflows.
• Partner with infrastructure, security, and platform teams to integrate core capabilities.
• Own production components—performance, reliability, debugging, and on-call rotation.
• Mentor teammates and drive testing practices to raise quality.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

APIs (REST)

AWS

Distributed systems

CI/CD

Scrum

AI tooling

Tools

CDK

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Job description

At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time, others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days)and some work entirely remotely.

This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.

GoDaddy is not currently considering candidates for this role in California, Seattle, or NYC.

Join Our Team

GoDaddy is hiring a Senior Software Development Engineer to help build and improve our Internal Developer Platform — a centralized system that powers how engineers across the company build, deploy, and operate software. This platform is used by 1,000+ engineers to manage everything from cloud infrastructure and application lifecycle to security, compliance, and cost transparency.
In this role, you'll own meaningful pieces of the platform end-to-end: designing, building, and shipping services that engineers across GoDaddy depend on every day. You'll work on initiatives like AI-powered developer tooling, API platform improvements, and a unified developer experience spanning APIs, CLI, and UI.

You'll work with minimal guidance on day-to-day delivery, partner with infrastructure, security, and platform teams, and take a visible role on a small, cross-functional agile team — leading code reviews, driving ideas at sprint planning, and mentoring teammates. If you're motivated by building tools that make other engineers faster, this team sits at the center of GoDaddy's engineering ecosystem.

What You'll Get to Do...

• Design, build, and ship platform services and features used by 1,000+ engineers
• Contribute to the design of high-scale APIs, infrastructure orchestration, and metadata systems
• Build AI-powered developer tooling, including chat-based and agentic workflows
• Partner with infrastructure, security, and platform teams to integrate core capabilities
• Own the components you build in production — performance, reliability, debugging complex production issues, and on-call rotation
• Independently spot problem areas in your area of responsibility and proactively fix them
• Champion testing practices and raise the quality bar with your teammates

Your Experience Should Include...

• Backend engineering with Node.js / TypeScript and experience designing APIs (REST, versioning, contracts)
• Experience building on AWS (ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB, RDS/Aurora, IAM)
• Solid distributed systems fundamentals (data modeling, caching, consistency, system design)
• CI/CD and testing best practices (GitHub Actions, unit/integration testing)
• Comfort working in Scrum, with a genuine interest in improving both the product and the process
• Curiosity about AI tooling and a habit of integrating it into your daily workflow

You Might Also Have...

• Experience with an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) or developer tooling ecosystem
• Familiarity with LLM/AI integrations, agentic workflows, or prompt engineering
• Exposure to ServiceNow / CMDB or enterprise metadata systems
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation)
• Knowledge of security and secrets management (Vault, IAM, compliance practices)
• Contributions to internal open source or technology working groups

We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.

About us... GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us .

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can befound on our Diversity Careers page .

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups ( Culture ). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.

Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

GoDaddy doesn’t accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.

What We Offer:

Working at GoDaddy offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off,parental and wellness leave, healthcare,retirementsavings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location.

Thisrole is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package, which includesmedical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k)-retirementplan, paid sick time, paidflexibletime off, paid parental leave, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, AD&D insurance, mental healthor EAP programs, remote or hybrid work options,paidholidays, paid Wellness days, tuition assistance, adoption, surrogacy, and fertility benefits, dependent daycare and backup care benefits,Employeestock purchase plan, financial education and advice; and other benefits in accordance with GoDaddy’s benefit plans and applicable law.

Actual compensation andbenefitseligibility will bedeterminedbased on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.

Compensation:

Bay Area (Santa Clara, San Francisco) and Los Angeles:

$154,000—$231,000 USD

Austin, D.C. Metro, CA (non-Bay Area), HI, IL, MA, NH, OR, VA, WA:

$133,000—$199,000 USD

New York City Metro, Kirkland/Seattle:

$140,800—$211,200 USD

All other US locations not previously listed:

GoDaddy empowers over 20 million entrepreneurs worldwide with accessible tools and 24/7 support to start, grow, and optimize their businesses.

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