Senior Software Engineer, Go & Infra (Remote)

Liftoff; Milton (MA); Remote; USD 151,000 - 188,000; Full time

Job summary

Liftoff is a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform. We are seeking a Software Engineer to join the Infrastructure Team, owning backend projects and delivering code that impacts millions of users and our revenue.

This role emphasizes Go and other modern open-source technologies in a fast-paced, engineering-excellence culture. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software experience, a CS degree, strong fundamentals, and hands-on cloud experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field required.
• 5+ years software engineering experience.
• Strong CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, system design).
• Experience with major cloud technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience building high-scale distributed backend systems.
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and eager to learn.

Responsibilities

• Have end-to-end ownership of projects and collaborate with a small team of engineers.
• Ship code multiple times a day and measure impact on users and revenue.
• Contribute to engineering excellence with modern tooling and testing practices.
• Become an authority in Go and other cutting-edge open-source technologies.
• Join a nimble, experienced engineering team.

Skills

Go programming

Distributed systems

Cloud technologies

CS fundamentals

Debugging

Self-motivated

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Job description

Liftoff is a leading AI-powered performance marketing platform. We are seeking a Software Engineer to join the Infrastructure Team, owning backend projects and delivering code that impacts millions of users and our revenue.

This role emphasizes Go and other modern open-source technologies in a fast-paced, engineering-excellence culture. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software experience, a CS degree, strong fundamentals, and hands-on cloud experience.