Staff Backend Engineer – AI-Powered, Scalable Microservices

TextNow; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free phone service

Health, dental, and vision benefits

401(K) matching

Unlimited vacation

12 paid holidays per year

Learning & Development opportunities

Job summary

TextNow is hiring a Backend Software Developer who will shape scalable Go services and modern architectures across cloud-native platforms. You’ll own API design, deployment, telemetry, and testing while guiding teams through architectural modernization.

AI-driven automation will speed development and improve reliability. You’ll collaborate with product, mobile and data teams to deliver high-quality experiences at scale for millions of users, with leadership opportunities across backend and

Qualifications

• Proven track record leading modular, high-performance backend systems.
• Deep Go expertise with architecture ownership and scalability focus.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and cloud-native tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and sustain high-performance backend services in Go.
• Lead architectural modernization and modularization for scalability.
• Define lifecycle ownership: API design, deployment, monitoring, testing.
• Drive adoption of new backend tech and frameworks; mentor engineers.
• Apply AI/automation to speed development and reliability.
• Collaborate with product, mobile, and data teams on seamless experiences.

Skills

Go

Leadership

Microservices

System design

Observability

AWS

Kubernetes

Protobuf

CI/CD

AI/Automation

Tools

Argo CD

Protobuf

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

TextNow is hiring a Backend Software Developer who will shape scalable Go services and modern architectures across cloud-native platforms. You’ll own API design, deployment, telemetry, and testing while guiding teams through architectural modernization.

AI-driven automation will speed development and improve reliability. You’ll collaborate with product, mobile and data teams to deliver high-quality experiences at scale for millions of users, with leadership opportunities across backend and