Senior Software Engineer (Golang & AWS)

Jobot; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent healthcare, dental, and vision coverage

Opportunity to own a project from the ground up

Equity and options in a promising startup

Job summary

A remote SaaS startup is looking for a backend developer to own and design critical backend services using Golang in an AWS environment. Candidates should have 3–6 years of experience in SaaS products, strong backend skills, and the ability to work in a remote setting. This role offers the chance to build projects from the ground up with significant autonomy and end-to-end ownership.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience working on SaaS products.
• Proven track record of backend fluency with Golang.
• Comfortable with AWS services and IaaS.
• Past startup experience with project ownership.

Responsibilities

• Design and ship Golang services.
• Build on AWS with IaC and CI/CD.
• Own event-driven pipelines for telemetry.
• Model data in PostgreSQL and Redis.

Skills

Golang

AWS services

Backend development

Event-driven pipelines

Job description

Overview

Fully remote SaaS startup. You will be the driver on a critical set of backend services with autonomy and end-to-end ownership. This role focuses on designing and shipping backend services with Golang, operating in an AWS-based environment, and contributing to a growing project from the ground up.

Base pay range: $135,000.00/yr - $170,000.00/yr. This range is provided by Jobot. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

What you’ll do

• Design and ship Golang services
• Build on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudWatch) with IaC and CI/CD
• Own event-driven pipelines for telemetry, schedules, and user automations
• Model data in PostgreSQL and Redis
• Raise the bar on observability and security

What we're looking for

• 3–6 years of experience working on SaaS products
• Proven track record of backend fluency with Golang
• Well-versed with AWS services and Infrastructure
• Past startup experience, ideally owning projects with a lean team
• Comfort working remotely with self-direction as needed

About the role and culture

We’re a fully remote SaaS product startup building out a new project from the ground up. This isn’t a spot for someone who wants layers of management or a giant dev team — you’ll be the driver on a critical set of backend services, working with autonomy and end-to-end ownership.

Benefits

• Fully remote and asynchronous culture
• Excellent healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
• Stable and well-funded environment
• Opportunity to own a project from the ground up
• Equity and options in a promising startup

Equal Opportunity Employer

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Jobot may perform background checks with your authorization. We consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable laws, including city-level fair chance ordinances where applicable.