Backend Engineer

Summary

Join our team as a skilled backend engineer! We're looking for someone proficient in Go or a similar statically-typed language to build and optimize our distributed cloud systems. You'll work with technologies like Cassandra, Elasticsearch, and Kafka on the Google Cloud Platform. Experience with backend development and proficiency in English are essential. We offer a remote-first hybrid work environment with flexible schedules and various perks, including a personal growth stipend and monthly company-wide days off. We're a maker's culture focused on solving meaningful problems with minimal meetings.

Requirements

• Strong in at least one of Go (strongly desired), Java, Kotlin, Rust, C#
• Several years of backend or backend-like development experience
• Proficient in spoken English

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize distributed cloud systems for processing retail analytics data at scale
• Work with Go (strongly desired)—our primary language—or transition into Go from another statically typed backend language
• Participate in our Follow-the-Sun operations and rolling on-call schedules (no night shifts)
• Maintain and improve our cloud services on Google Cloud Platform, leveraging technologies like Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, PubSub, RabbitMQ
• Support our Continuous Deployment pipeline, using Terraform/Puppet for infrastructure automation
• Thrive in a maker’s culture with minimal meetings and overhead, focusing on solving meaningful problems

Preferred Qualifications

• Production experience with Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, Terraform, Puppet, etc
• Experience with continuous deployment or working in a Kanban environment
• Previous work in DevOps or infrastructure automation

Benefits

• Remote-First Hybrid: Work anywhere + office access
• 90-Day Work Anywhere: Work from anywhere for 90 days yearly
• Autonomy & Growth: Flexible schedules, ownership, career investment
• Best Self Allowance: Annual stipend for personal growth
• Recharge Days: Monthly company-wide day off
• Career Growth: We invest in you