Staff Backend Engineer: Golang, Microservices, Scale

Kai; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Kai, an AI company rebuilding cybersecurity, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in San Jose, CA. You’ll be a technical leader and hands-on contributor, owning major platform initiatives and mentoring engineers to deliver scalable, secure services for enterprise-grade workloads.

You will design distributed microservices in Golang, leverage Kubernetes and CI/CD, and collaborate across Product, AI, and Security teams to shape the technical roadmap and architecture.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with cloud-native architecture.
• Proven record of driving technical projects end-to-end, across teams.
• Strong hands-on background in microservices, distributed systems, and API design.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD in cloud environments (Azure preferred).

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of major platform initiatives from design through deployment.
• Design, develop, and optimize distributed microservices in Golang for scale.
• Collaborate across teams—Product, AI, and Customer Success—to align architecture with business objectives.
• Drive engineering excellence through code quality standards, design reviews, automation, and CI/CD best practices.
• Be a mentor and multiplier, guiding software engineers through architecture decisions, trade-offs, and delivery.
• Partner with leadership to align engineering strategy with product objectives and technical roadmap.

Skills

cloud-native architecture

microservices

Golang

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD

Distributed systems

API-driven design

Tools

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

gRPC

Azure

Job description

Kai, an AI company rebuilding cybersecurity, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in San Jose, CA. You’ll be a technical leader and hands-on contributor, owning major platform initiatives and mentoring engineers to deliver scalable, secure services for enterprise-grade workloads.

You will design distributed microservices in Golang, leverage Kubernetes and CI/CD, and collaborate across Product, AI, and Security teams to shape the technical roadmap and architecture.