Software Engineer - $81.73 - $110.58 per hour

About the Role

This opportunity is for a senior-level backend engineer focused on building and scaling high-performance data infrastructure. You will design and operate distributed systems that power large-scale applications, handling millions of queries per second across modern bare-metal environments.

This role requires deep expertise in Go and large-scale backend systems. You will contribute to mission-critical services that operate across dense, high-capacity infrastructure, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability at extreme scale.

Work Arrangement: Fully Remote (U.S.-based). Overlap with Pacific Time required; proximity to Seattle is a plus.

What You’ll Do

• Scale production Go services to support hundreds of millions of users
• Design and build mission-critical data infrastructure powering API traffic
• Architect systems capable of operating across tens of terabytes of RAM and thousands of CPU cores
• Develop and maintain distributed backend services handling high query throughput
• Optimize performance across storage layers, including high-capacity NVMe systems
• Collaborate with engineers to improve reliability, observability, and system resilience
• Participate in design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions
• Continuously evaluate and improve infrastructure scalability and efficiency

Qualifications

• Strong foundational programming and software engineering skills
• Extensive professional experience with Go (5+ years preferred)
• Experience building and operating scalable backend systems handling high throughput (1M+ operations per second)
• Deep understanding of operating systems, networking, and storage systems
• Significant experience with relational databases such as Postgres, MySQL, or SQLite
• Experience with distributed data stores such as Cassandra, Scylla, Redis, or ClickHouse
• Experience working with search systems such as Elasticsearch
• Ability to thrive in a small, fast-moving engineering team
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently

Preferred Experience

• Experience building infrastructure for large-scale social or consumer applications
• Experience working in high-density bare-metal environments
• Familiarity with protocol-driven or federated systems architectures

Pay: $170,000 - $230,000 per year. Equity may be included as part of total compensation.

Work Environment & Benefits

• Fully remote team with required overlap with Pacific Time working hours
• Occasional travel or on-site interview components may apply
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Competitive base salary with potential equity participation