Backend-focused software engineer building secure, scalable infrastructure with a fully distributed team. Converting product requirements into technical design documentation and implementing enterprise-scale backend services.
Responsibilities
Join a small, senior team at the early stages of building a product from scratch
Convert product requirements into thorough technical design documentation
Architect and implement backend services built to handle enterprise-scale demand
Design systems with high availability and fault tolerance in mind
Embed security thinking at every layer — application, API, and infrastructure
Own API design across both public-facing and internal service boundaries, including schema modeling and integration patterns
Work cross-functionally with product and design stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle
Thrive in a remote-first environment using a blend of synchronous video calls and async communication
Stay current with emerging technologies and approach new challenges with genuine curiosity
Take part in engineering hiring by conducting interviews and evaluating candidates
Requirements
Strong working knowledge of Go
Hands-on background with microservices and service-oriented architecture
Comfort writing raw SQL and designing relational database schemas, preferably in Postgres
Practical experience with CI/CD workflows and container orchestration via Kubernetes
Prior work building observability tooling — metrics pipelines, alerting systems, and distributed tracing
Working knowledge of modern auth protocols such as OAuth 2.0, SAML, OIDC, or WebAuthn (Nice to have)
Exposure to corporate IT and security tooling (device management, endpoint protection, etc.) (Nice to have)
Experience designing and maintaining audit log systems (Nice to have)
Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g. SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA) (Nice to have)
Understanding of PKI infrastructure and certificate management (Nice to have)
Benefits
Fully remote, with core overlap expected during North American business hours
Twice-yearly in-person team gatherings
Flexible, open vacation policy — with a genuine expectation that you use at least two weeks annually
16 company-designated holidays per year, including a winter break period
Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents
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