Software Developer - Backend (Conversational Solutions)

Sinch; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading communication technology company is seeking a Backend Developer skilled in Go or Typescript to join their dynamic team. The role focuses on designing and developing high-performance systems for real-time messaging. Candidates should have experience with AWS, Docker, and distributed systems. This company values teamwork and offers perks like private health insurance and a pension plan.

Benefits

Private Health Insurance

Pension Plan

Paid Time Off

Work From Home

Qualifications

• Production-level experience in backend development using Go or Typescript.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of distributed systems and experience building high-scale microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with observability, logging, and monitoring tools for debugging and performance analysis.
• Experience of using unit testing.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and support applications on an established framework.
• Build high-performance, scalable, distributed systems for real-time messaging.
• Work with an agile, cross-functional team.
• Implement and maintain best practices for observability and reliability.
• Collaborate with team members and product owners.

Skills

Backend development with Go or Typescript

Cloud platforms (AWS)

Containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes)

Distributed systems

Microservices and event-driven architectures

Observability, logging, and monitoring tools

Unit testing

Visual Studio Code or IntelliJ

Problem-solving skills

Fluency in English

Tools

Redis

Kubernetes

Kafka

Job description

What You will Do

• Design, Develop, test and support new and existing applications on top of an established framework.
• Build high-performance, scalable, and distributed systems for real-time messaging and workflow execution.
• Work with an agile, cross-functional team taking responsibility for high-quality deliverables.
• Be self-motivated to independently drive through your accepted tasks.
• Collaborate with team members and the product owner to improve and enhance functionality of the code base.
• Implement and maintain best practices for observability, reliability, and fault tolerance across all our services.
• Work with DevOps, support and operational teams as well as external suppliers in order to commission applications.

Who are you?

Passion for coding is the most important ingredient for success. We are a bunch of enthusiastic problem solvers who enjoy solving complex problems.

We’d like you to join if you feel the same way. Teamwork and communication skills are essential.

In order to contribute to this role you must have:

• Production-level experience in backend development using Go or Typescript.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of distributed systems and experience building high-scale microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with observability, logging, and monitoring tools for debugging and performance analysis.
• Enterprise applications/tools such as Redis, Kubernetes and Kafka.
• Experience of using unit testing.
• Facility with Visual Studio Code, IntelliJ or similar IDE.
• Problem Solver: A proactive and independent approach to problem-solving and driving tasks to completion.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• Experience with LLM fine-tuning or AI-driven chatbot development.
• Experience building applications that integrate with Large Language Models (LLMs) via APIs.

Our Hiring Process

We are committed to ensuring a recruitment process that is fair, objective, consistent, and inclusive. Our approach includes structured, competency-based interviews designed to evaluate your skills, experience, and qualifications relevant to the role. At times, we may include a data-driven assessment to enhance our hiring success and identify candidates likely to excel.

We believe in a two-way process and encourage you to ask questions throughout the journey. If this role isn’t what you're looking for, please explore the other opportunities listed on our career page. No matter who you are, we hope you find an exciting path forward - hopefully with us!

• Private Health Insurance
• Pension Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Work From Home

Please note that we are a global company and we are accepting applications in english.