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Senior Software Engineer, Customer Platform
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About this role
Role overview
Build backend platform services and public APIs that support customer-facing capabilities across multiple products, including authentication and notifications. This senior role owns features from design through rollout and iteration, partnering with product and front-end colleagues to deliver reliable, usable platform capabilities.
Responsibilities - Design, build, and evolve shared backend services and APIs for different products and customer needs. - Own features end to end, from technical design and implementation through release and follow-up improvements. - Create design documents and drive technical plans with clear reasoning. - Partner with product management and front-end teams to shape and deliver the roadmap. - Balance quality, reliability, deadlines, and iterative delivery in a fast-moving environment.
Requirements - At least five years of experience building production backend services and APIs in a modern cloud environment. - Proficiency in Go or the ability to ramp up quickly; Go is the primary development language. - Practical experience designing and evolving APIs, including versioning, backward compatibility, authentication, and usability. - Familiarity with microservices, containers, Kubernetes, and building observable, resilient production services. - Strong communication and collaboration across product and engineering disciplines. - Ability to work independently and handle ambiguity in a remote, fast-paced environment.
Nice to have
Experience building shared platform services across products, familiarity with cloud-native, container, security, or CNCF technologies, and meaningful open-source contributions.
Benefits and work setup
Remote work is available in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The posted base salary range is $157,000–$184,000 USD. Benefits include stock options, covered health, vision, and dental premiums for employees and dependents, flexible time off, paid parental leave, and monthly stipends for coworking, phone, and internet costs.