Senior Backend Software Developer

Summary

Join TextNow, the nation's largest free phone service provider, as a Senior Backend Software Developer on our Core Experience Team. You will design, develop, and maintain backend services powering our high-traffic platform using technologies like AWS, Golang, and Kubernetes. This role involves working with databases, event streaming platforms, and microservices to ensure system reliability and scalability. You will mentor junior engineers, lead initiatives, and drive technical innovation. We offer a strong work-life blend, flexible work arrangements, competitive pay and benefits, and a culture focused on inclusion and achieving ambitious goals.

Requirements

• Be a Creator of Cool Stuff with a passion for efficiency at scale, leveraging Golang or another strongly typed language along with the computing power of Cloud services
• Be a Brilliant Collaborator who excels at connecting with team members, transforming complex ideas into clear insights, while actively listening to foster a collaborative environment
• Act Decisively to take actions that efficiently deliver value to our customers and business stakeholders alike
• Take Ownership of project with the ability to drive them to completion
• Be Respectfully Candid with the ability to tactfully give/receive feedback with various teams across the organization
• Be a Self-Starter who actively identifies areas of improvement and provides realistic solutions
• Be Resourceful and Scrappy with the ability to be strategic, roll up your sleeves, execute, and work cross-functionally
• Be a Versatile Technologist always interested in learning something new
• Have Strong Experience in developing API services and shared packages using Golang
• Have Experience with infrastructure as code tooling (Terraform, Kubernetes, or others)
• Have the Ability to apply design principles and methodologies for building scalable and high-performance backend architectures
• Have Production Experience using relational and non-relational database technology (MariaDB, RDS, DynamoDB, Redis)
• Have Familiarity with asynchronous event processing (Kafka, SQS, or others)
• Have Experience delivering quality production level microservices, using gRPC or REST

Responsibilities

• Develop and Maintain Core Backend Services taking responsibility for helping to guide the architecture, design, and implement new & existing microservices
• Maintain a High Bar of Quality for the team, producing readable code, writing testable code, refactoring legacy systems, actively contributing to development standards and cross-team architectural reviews
• Participate in a Rotating On-Call , responsible for service uptime, availability of critical functions, and performing root cause analysis of incidents to identify steps towards lasting remediation
• Foster Growth of fellow team members by mentoring them and nurturing their technical skills, empowering them to become exceptionally practical software Developers
• Organize and communicate the technical details of upcoming projects through our architectural review process
• Collaborate with other backend teams in guiding the development of our shared libraries

Preferred Qualifications

• Have Experience developing CI build platforms (GitHub Actions or similar)
• Have Experience with telecommunication (i.e. calling/messaging)
• Have Experience with migrating from legacy stacks (i.e. PHP, Ruby)

Benefits

• Strong work life blend
• Flexible work arrangements (wfh, remote, or access to one of our office spaces)
• Employee Stock Options
• Unlimited vacation
• Competitive pay and benefits
• Parental leave
• Benefits for both physical and mental well being (wellness credit and L&D credit)
• We travel a few times a year for various team events, company wide off-sites, and more