Senior Software Engineer (Platform Core)

engineeringjobs.net, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restricted Stock Units

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

Health Savings Account Contribution

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Paid Parental Leave

Monthly Phone and Internet Allowance

Fertility Benefits

Learning and Development Stipend

Job summary

engineeringjobs.net, Inc. is seeking a Backend Engineer to design and support distributed backend services and APIs. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in backend and API development with strong skills in Python and/or Go, and familiarity with AWS and GCP.

The role offers a remote-first work environment and includes a variety of benefits such as health insurance, unlimited paid time off, and a learning and development stipend.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of production backend and API development experience.
• Strong hands-on Python and/or Go skills.
• Experience with distributed systems and cloud-native development.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, operate, and support distributed backend services.
• Own platform work end to end, participate in on-call and incident response.
• Collaborate across teams and raise engineering standards.

Skills

Python

Go

Distributed Systems

Kubernetes

Docker

PostgreSQL

Aurora

Redis

RabbitMQ

Terraform

Observability

Production Operations

Database Scaling

Job description

Design, build, operate, and support distributed backend services and APIs that handle high-volume customer interactions, while improving the reliability, scalability, latency, and cost of shared platform systems. Own platform work end to end, participate in on-call and incident response, collaborate across teams, and raise engineering standards through reviews, documentation, and mentorship.

Requirements: Candidates should have 5–7+ years of production backend and API development experience, strong hands-on Python and/or Go skills, and experience with distributed systems and cloud-native development using AWS and/or GCP, Kubernetes, and Docker. They should also have production ownership and on-call experience, plus familiarity with PostgreSQL or Aurora, Redis, and RabbitMQ and the ability to reason about reliability, performance, and scale.

Key Skills: Python, Go, Distributed Systems, Concurrency, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, Aurora, Redis, RabbitMQ, Terraform, Observability, Production Operations, Database Scaling

Benefits: Restricted Stock Units, Remote-First Work Environment, Unlimited Paid Time Off, Health Insurance, Health Savings Account Employer Contribution, Vision Insurance, Dental Insurance, Paid Parental Leave, Diaper Delivery, Monthly Phone and Internet Allowance, Fertility Benefits, GLP-1 Benefits, Learning and Development Stipend