Staff Backend Engineer – Remote, AI‑Driven Go Systems

Notabene; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Remote Work

$1000 WFH Stipend

MacBook Pro

Unlimited PTO

Country‑Specific Benefits

Job summary

Notabene is seeking a Staff Engineer to design and build the core transaction platform used by institutions worldwide. You will own critical parts of the system, drive architectural decisions, and mentor other engineers.

The role emphasizes correctness, auditability, and scalable performance in a regulated, cloud‑based environment. You will collaborate with product, compliance, and customer teams, write precise design docs, and contribute to production reliability through on‑call rotations and

Qualifications

• Distributed systems design with correctness criticality.
• Strong Go or production experience in a statically typed backend language.
• Deep PostgreSQL knowledge including multi‑tenant data.
• Cloud ownership with AWS or GCP including IAM, networking, managed databases.
• 8+ years building backend systems; staff‑level track record.
• Clear, concise writing in a remote/async company.
• Security fundamentals for sensitive data: encryption in transit and at rest.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core parts of our transaction platform.
• Mentor engineers on the team and contribute to reviews.
• Write design docs and push for robust, auditable code.
• Own production deployments, tracing, alerts, and incident follow‑ups.
• Collaborate with product, compliance, and customer teams to ship regulated software.
• Participate in on‑call rotations.

Job description

Notabene is seeking a Staff Engineer to design and build the core transaction platform used by institutions worldwide. You will own critical parts of the system, drive architectural decisions, and mentor other engineers.

The role emphasizes correctness, auditability, and scalable performance in a regulated, cloud‑based environment. You will collaborate with product, compliance, and customer teams, write precise design docs, and contribute to production reliability through on‑call rotations and