Software Engineer (Backend, Go) - USD / Remote

Software Engineer (Backend, Go) — Engineer II

Contract : 18–20 months (maternity leave cover) with potential for extension or permanent hire based on performance.

Salary : $4,000 - $5,000 USD

Working schedule : EST working hours (9-5) and participate in on-call rotations

Equipment : Candidates will generally work with their own setup; support and preferences for hardware can be discussed.

✨ Overview :

We’re on the hunt for a Backend-Focused Software Engineer (Engineer II) to help us build telecom software at scale— fully remote!

You’ll be coding mostly in Go, designing new features and diving deep into a complex production codebase — reading, debugging, and optimizing high-impact systems ⚙️

This is a highly collaborative role across multiple teams (“many seams”), so clear communication and teamwork are key.

Expect a deep, technical onboarding — perfect for fast learners who love asking smart questions, adapting fast, and thriving in a dynamic, high-energy environment.

If you’re ready to ship scalable systems, grow fast, and make real impact, we’d love to meet you!

✨ Responsibilities :

Assess tickets, write production-quality Go code, and open clear, reviewable PRs.

Review peers’ PRs and uphold code quality, consistency, and maintainability.

Implement new service flows while maintaining and improving an existing, complex codebase.

Debug production issues methodically; contribute to stability and performance fixes.

Participate in architecture / design discussions; give thoughtful feedback on proposals.

Collaborate smoothly across teams to deliver integrated solutions.

Keep technical notes / documentation as needed to support maintainability.

Stay current on emerging backend practices and tools.

Join an on-call rotation (24 / 7 coverage for 7 consecutive days each month).

✨ Qualifications :

3–4+ years of professional software engineering experience.

Strong, hands-on Go (Golang) experience in production systems.

Proficiency with PostgreSQL and data-modeling for backend services.

Proven ability to read, understand, and improve large / legacy codebases.

Solid code review habits; clean, maintainable coding style.

Effective communicator in English; comfortable collaborating across multiple teams.

Remote-ready work style with full-time availability 9–5 EST.

Comfortable participating in an on-call schedule.

✨ Nice to have : Ruby experience.

Event-driven / messaging background (e.g., Kafka) and microservices architecture.

Temporal (Workflow Manager) and Grafana exposure.

Telecom domain knowledge.

Experience documenting systems and decisions (technical docs, design notes).

Background spanning both greenfield development and maintenance of mature systems.