Senior Staff Engineer - Golang

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Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 195,000 - 215,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

100% medical, dental, vision coverage

$1200 annual HSA match

$1000 annual learning & development预算

Unlimited PTO

12 Week Parental Leave for all new_par

Hybrid working model - 3x a week in in

DoorDash monthly lunch stipend

One $500 Work from home set up stipend

Job summary

Grocery TV in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer - Golang to help scale and harden our backend systems as the platform grows. You will own backend initiatives end-to-end, working across APIs, content delivery pipelines, and orchestration services to improve reliability and performance.

Reporting to the Chief Architect, you will lead design reviews, mentor engineers, and drive observable metrics while collaborating with Product and other teams to translate business needs into durable

Qualifications

12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
Strong proficiency in Go for backend services.
Experience designing and operating high-scale backend systems.
Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts and tradeoffs.
Experience building API-first services, including customer-facing APIs.
Familiarity with reliability, performance tuning, and fault tolerance strategies.
Experience working with relational databases and data stores in production environments.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to reason about complex systems.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain high-scale backend services using Go
Lead backend projects that improve reliability, resiliency, and performance
Design and evolve API-first services that support customer-facing and internal applications
Contribute to system architecture and technical design for future initiatives
Partner with Product to scope, plan, and execute backend work aligned with business goals
Identify and remediate performance bottlenecks and reliability risks across distributed systems
Participate in a shared on-call rotation to support production systems
Collaborate closely with other engineers through pairing, design reviews, and code reviews
Drive operational excellence through observability, monitoring, and incident follow-ups
Proactively identify and implement process improvements in software development process
Be a champion for testing. Leading by example through unit and integration testing throughout projects

Skills

Strong proficiency in Go

Distributed systems concepts

API-first design

Problem-solving skills

High-scale backend experience

Relational databases (production)

Collaboration & mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

Go tooling

Job description

Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer - Golang

Work Location: Austin, TX

Reports to: Chief Architect

Level: 7

Salary Range: $195,000 - $215,000

About Grocery TV

Grocery TV is a leading in-store retail media platform. Over 120 retailers partner with Grocery TV to modernize stores and drive incremental revenue while delivering a more engaging shopping experience. We manage the complexities of operating an in-store media network, allowing retailers to focus on serving customers. Reaching 1 in 4 Americans across 6,500+ stores, Grocery TV connects brands with shoppers at the moment of decision, where 90% of purchases take place. For more information, visit www.grocerytv.com.

About The Role

This engineer will play a critical role in scaling and hardening Grocery TV’s backend systems as the platform continues to grow. This engineer will work across APIs, content delivery pipelines, and media network orchestration services to improve system resiliency, performance, and reliability. Operating at a Senior Staff Engineering level, this role is expected to lead and execute backend initiatives end-to-end, bring strong system design judgment, and translate business and product needs into durable technical solutions. This position partners closely with Product and other Software Engineers to ensure backend systems support both current execution and long-term platform strategy.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain high-scale backend services using Go
Lead implementation of backend projects that improve system reliability, resiliency, and performance
Design and evolve API-first services that support customer-facing and internal applications
Contribute to system architecture and technical design for future initiatives
Partner with Product to scope, plan, and execute backend work aligned with business goals
Identify and remediate performance bottlenecks and reliability risks across distributed systems
Participate in a shared on-call rotation to support production systems
Collaborate closely with other engineers through pairing, design reviews, and code reviews
Drive operational excellence through observability, monitoring, and incident follow-ups
Proactively identify and implement process improvements in software development process
Be a champion for testing. Leading by example through unit and integration testing throughout projects

Requirements / Experience

12+ years of professional software engineering experience
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
Strong proficiency in Go for building backend services
Experience designing and operating high-scale, high-volume backend systems
Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts and tradeoffs
Experience building API-first services, including customer-facing APIs
Familiarity with system reliability, performance tuning, and fault tolerance strategies
Experience working with relational databases and data stores in production environments
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to reason about complex systems

Interview Process

Introduction to Hiring Manager: Meet with the hiring manager (virtually or in-person) to share your background, learn about the role, and align on logistics.
Technical Interview Split in 2: Systems Design and Coding. Visit our office for a technical interview that relates to the role. You’ll respond to a prompt, and our team will ask questions to better understand your skillset.
Virtual Values Interview: Meet with two Grocery TV employees who you’ll work cross functionally with to discuss team collaboration. This is a perfect opportunity for you to ask us questions, too!
irtual Leadership Interview: Lastly, all candidates have a final interview with a member of the leadership team. This conversation gives you the opportunity to reflect on the interview process and affirm this is the right role for you.

Why Grocery TV?