We’re looking for a backend engineer with strong experience in Ruby, Python, or PHP who is excited to grow into Go (Golang) while working on real, production-critical systems.

Our core backend services are written in Go and PHP, but we do not expect Go expertise on day one. What matters most is your ability to design systems, reason about data, and operate production software. If you’ve built APIs, background workers, and data-driven applications in Rails, Django, FastAPI, Laravel, Symfony, or custom PHP stacks, this role is a natural next step.

We value engineers who care about clarity, reliability, and business impact over framework novelty.

We expect engineers at this level to leverage modern tooling — including AI-assisted development — to improve velocity, test coverage, and code quality while maintaining strong engineering judgment.

COMPENSATION: The anticipated annual base salary for this position is $175,000. Actual compensation may vary based on work experience, education, and skill level.

What You’ll Do

Build and maintain backend services written in Go
Design and evolve clean, well-documented APIs
Own services end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, and monitoring
Work on high-throughput, revenue-critical workflows
Collaborate closely with frontend, data, and product partners
Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and retrospectives
Ramp into Go with support, feedback, and real ownership

How Your Existing Skills Transfer

Your background in Ruby, Python, or PHP directly applies:

Designing REST APIs
Modeling data and working with relational databases
Building background jobs, queues, and workers
Understand current and implement new Kafka streams
Balancing speed, maintainability, and operational risk

We’ll Help You Level Up On

Idiomatic Go and explicit error handling
Strong typing and simpler abstractions
Concurrency using goroutines, channels, and context
Performance tuning and memory awareness
Building systems that are easier to operate at scale

Technical Environment

Languages: Go (primary), legacy services in Ruby / Python / PHP
Frontend: React
Datastores: PostgreSQL, Redis
Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes (or equivalent)
Messaging / Events: Kafka, SQS, or similar
Observability: Datadog

Requirements

5+ years of professional backend engineering experience
Strong experience in Ruby, Python, or PHP
Track record of owning production systems
Solid understanding of databases, schemas, and migrations
Interest in learning Go and systems-level concepts
Pragmatic approach to architecture and tradeoffs
Clear written and verbal communication skills

Nice to Have

Exposure to Go (production, side projects, or learning)
Experience in modernizing legacy PHP or monolithic systems
Familiarity with event-driven architectures
Experience in data-heavy or high-volume environments
Prior on-call or operational ownership
Compliance experience - SOC 2, NIST, Hipaa
AWS DevOps and infrastructure experience

About DMS

Digital Media Solutions (DMS) is a performance-driven digital marketing company that connects consumers and brands through data, technology, and proprietary media solutions. Operating in high-volume, transaction-intensive markets, DMS manages multiple revenue streams, variable margins, and complex unit economics across its portfolio of offerings.

The company partners closely with clients to deliver measurable outcomes, leveraging analytics, optimization, and disciplined execution in dynamic market conditions.

Salary Description

$175,000 annually