Greenhouse Software
More than an ATS, we help businesses deliver measurable hiring results so they can build, grow and hire for what's next.
Principal Backend Engineer
Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 501-1,000Since 2012H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn
Location
United States
Posted
143 days ago
Salary
$230K - $300K / year
Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglishAWSGraph QLKafkaKubernetesGo
Job Description
• Own the architecture for large-scale, complex product projects.
• Own the implementation of critical features and systems, ensuring their ongoing health, scalability, and efficiency, while improving and modernizing the surrounding ecosystems.
• Work with engineering, design, and product leadership to evolve existing features and innovate in new directions.
• Lead efforts to improve engineering standards, tools, frameworks, and processes.
• Mentor and develop other engineers on the team.
• Attend Medium’s twice-yearly, in-person offsites (hosted in locations around the U.S.).
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of experience as a software engineer building large-scale distributed backend systems.
- Expert-level proficiency in Go (BONUS: Experience designing systems leveraging AWS, Kafka, GraphQL, Kubernetes, and Datadog).
- Experience operating at Medium’s product/user scale (millions of users; continuous delivery; feature flags).
- Experience modernizing legacy code bases.
- Experience utilizing modern AI tooling to accelerate development efforts.
- You’ve personally used Medium and are excited to contribute to Medium’s mission of deepening understanding through human storytelling.
Benefits
- Working with a fully distributed team: We’re fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France.
- Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 70% for dependents.
- Generous parental leave policy & child education stipend.
- Mental health support through Talkspace.
- Financial wellness support through Northstar.
- Stipends for wellness, co-working, professional development, wifi and a one-time home office bonus.
- Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays.
- A discounted Medium membership!
Related Guides
Related Job Pages
More Backend Engineer Jobs
Senior Full Stack Engineer – React/Node.js
SoftermiiWe help your ideas come to life with thought-out design and development of MVP web and mobile apps and other products.
Backend Engineer143 days ago
Full TimeRemoteTeam 51-200Since 2015H1B No Sponsor
Senior Full Stack Engineer developing scalable applications for elderly care technology company
AWSCloudDockerJavaScriptKubernetesMicroservicesNode.jsReactReact Native
Texas
Backend Engineer143 days ago
Full TimeRemoteTeam 11-50Since 2021H1B No Sponsor
Forward-Deployed Engineer solving complex challenges in robotics and observability at Foxglove
AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptNode.jsPythonReactSQLTypeScript
Backend Engineer143 days ago
Full TimeRemoteTeam 11-50Since 2021H1B No Sponsor
Forward-Deployed Engineer collaborating with customers on robotics solutions
AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptNode.jsPythonReactSQLTypeScript
Backend Engineer143 days ago
Full TimeRemoteTeam 51-200Since 2020H1B Sponsor
Senior Backend Developer designing, developing, and testing server-side applications
AWSAzureCloudMySQLNoSQLPostgresRubyRuby on Rails
United States