Senior / Staff Backend Engineer, Golang Job at Aescape (New York)

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Checkr is looking for an experienced Senior Staff Software Engineer to facilitat...

Location

United States , Denver; San Francisco

Salary:

213000.00 - 295000.00 USD / Year

Checkr

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Degree in computer science or related field (Bachelor's or Master's)
15+ years experience as a software engineer
2+ years leading architecture projects across an organization
5+ years experience in a leadership role
Experience developing in Ruby, GoLang, and Python
Solid understanding of Cloud technologies and all layers of backend stacks
Strong collaboration, communication and project management skills
Deep understanding of micro-services design and asynchronous queueing models
Experience leading and influencing cross-functional teams
A strong sense of ownership

Job Responsibility

Proactively identify the top opportunities for impact for the engineering organization
Own direction and lead execution of organization-wide technical efforts
Hands-on contribution in areas with a high degree of business risk
Break down very complex projects into simple systems that can be effectively built and maintained by less experienced engineers
Create documents to set standards of architectural best practices that are consumed by the broader engineering org
Upskill the staff engineers in the company to systematically raise the bar for quality and scale
Inform buy vs build decisions, supporting broad business strategy
Deeply understand customer, partner, and product team needs, and represent your teams in technical conversations with company leadership

What we offer

A fast-paced and collaborative environment
Learning and development allowance
Competitive cash and equity compensation, and opportunity for advancement
100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
Up to $25K reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
Flexible PTO policy
Monthly wellness stipend, home office stipend

Fulltime

Senior Backend Developer

Senior Backend Developer – Up to £700pd Inside IR35 – Full Remote. One of the mo...

Location

United Kingdom

Salary:

Not provided

Orbis Consultants

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Strong experience in Java/Python/Golang programming
Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms
Strong test driven development
Strong scalability and performance mindset

Job Responsibility

Design, develop and deploy scalable, high-performance Back End systems using Java/Python/Golang
Collaborate with the engineering team to define and implement new features and services
Roll features out to over 10,000,000 users and also close to 5,000 internal staff

Senior Backend Developer

Senior Backend Developer – Up to £700pd Inside IR35 – Full Remote. One of the mo...

Location

United Kingdom

Salary:

Not provided

Orbis Consultants

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Strong experience in Java/Python/Golang programming
Experienced with K8s/Docker
Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms
Strong test driven development
Strong scalability and performance mindset

Job Responsibility

Design, develop and deploy scalable, high-performance Back End systems using Java/Python/Golang
Collaborate with the engineering team to define and implement new features and services
Roll features out to over 10,000,000 users and also close to 5,000 internal staff

Fulltime

Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer (Golang | Distributed Systems) to join a high-growth...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

170000.00 GBP / Year

Orbis Consultants

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

8+ years’ backend engineering experience, ideally at Staff / Principal / Tech Lead level
Expert-level proficiency with Golang in production
Proven track record designing distributed systems and event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, WebSockets)
Deep understanding of PostgreSQL, Redis, and high-performance data systems
Strong DevOps mindset – CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)
Exceptional communicator, able to influence architecture and direction across teams

Job Responsibility

Architect and scale high-throughput, event-driven systems built in Go
Lead the evolution of real-time APIs and data platforms handling billions of requests
Stay deeply hands-on with Golang while influencing design and long-term technical strategy
Drive improvements in observability, testing, and performance across all services
Mentor senior engineers and play a key role in shaping engineering culture

What we offer

25% bonus
excellent benefits

Fulltime

Principal Software Engineer

At Automata, we're on a mission to transform how scientists work by making autom...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

130000.00 - 170000.00 GBP / Year

Automata

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

12–18 years of professional software engineering experience, with deep backend and some platform focus
Strong expertise in Golang
comfortable reasoning about Python-based systems
Experience building products end-to-end, ideally including at least one built from scratch and scaled
Strong system design and distributed systems experience
Exposure to Kubernetes, containerisation, CI/CD, IaC, security, and modern delivery practices
Experience influencing and leading senior technical people
Prior CTO (at a startup), Principal Engineer, or equivalent senior technical leadership experience is a strong plus

Job Responsibility

Own architecture and technical direction
Define, evolve, and own the end-to-end technical architecture across our core platform and new products
Act as the final technical decision-maker on architecture, core technologies, and engineering approaches
Design systems that are scalable, resilient, secure, and adaptable as the business grows
Translate product vision and customer needs into clear technical strategy and executable roadmaps
Stay hands-on: contribute to critical designs, core platform modules, prototypes, and apply your coding skills where it matters most
Lead and multiply senior engineers
Lead, mentor, and influence Staff and Senior Staff Engineers (6 direct, ~16 indirect reports)
Help staff engineers lead their squads effectively, making better technical and organisational decisions
Structure teams and responsibilities to improve pace, ownership, and clarity

What we offer

Vitality Health Insurance
Eye Care
Salary Sacrifice - EV
Salary Sacrifice - Bike & Tech
Wellbeing & Support
Wellbeing & Development Allowance
Spill & Employee Assistance Programme
Additional Leave
Pension Scheme
Group Life & Critical Illness cover

Fulltime

Senior Backend Golang Engineer

This position offers you the opportunity to join a fast-growing technology organ...

Location

Salary:

Not provided

Parser Limited

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

5+ years of backend engineering experience, with a strong focus on Go
Prior exposure to crypto, fintech, payments, or financial infrastructure is highly preferred
Experience working in consulting, staff augmentation, or cross-team delivery models is a plus
Ability to operate autonomously while collaborating effectively with distributed teams
Strong communication skills in English, able to explain complex technical topics to mixed audiences
Pragmatic problem-solver with a delivery-oriented mindset
Comfortable working in fast-moving environments with evolving requirements
Ability to balance client needs, technical quality, and delivery timelines
Desirable experience with Hashing (SHA-256, Keccak), Digital signatures (ECDSA, EdDSA), Go crypto libraries, Blockchain

Job Responsibility

Design, implement, and maintain high-availability backend services using Go (Golang)
Build and evolve crypto-native systems, including wallets, custody services, transaction pipelines, and blockchain integrations
Develop secure APIs and internal services that handle sensitive financial and cryptographic operations
Collaborate with product and architecture teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
Optimize systems for performance, reliability, and fault tolerance in distributed environments
Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and production incident resolution
Ensure compliance with security, auditability, and regulatory requirements typical of financial and crypto platforms
Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native deployment strategies
Act as a technical advisor within the engagement, supporting best practices and engineering excellence

What we offer

The chance to work in innovative projects with leading brands, that use the latest technologies that fuel transformation
The opportunity to be part of an amazing, multicultural community of tech experts
A competitive compensation package and medical insurance
A flexible and remote working environment

Fulltime

Staff Protocol Engineer

As a Staff Engineer within the Polygon PoS engineering team, you’ll play a missi...

Location

Salary:

Not provided

Polygon Labs

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

7+ years of backend or protocol engineering experience, with 2+ years in senior or staff-level roles
Deep experience working in Golang, ideally within distributed systems, consensus, or blockchain infrastructure
Experience contributing to or working with Ethereum clients (e.g., Geth) or Cosmos-based stacks (e.g., Cosmos SDK, CometBFT)
Demonstrated ability to lead architecture, code quality, and complex system design in fast-paced engineering teams
Comfortable working asynchronously with distributed teams in EMEA, US East Coast, or adjacent time zones

Job Responsibility

Lead design and prototyping of long-term solutions to address scalability, latency, and state growth challenges on the Polygon PoS network
Drive architectural decisions across the PoS codebase, contributing to Geth, Cosmos SDK, or CometBFT-based systems as needed
Identify and resolve deep technical issues in protocol behavior, consensus, and state sync
Champion code quality, documentation, testing, and developer best practices across the team
Mentor and support engineers across the stack to elevate the overall engineering bar
Collaborate cross-functionally with protocol researchers, DevOps, security, and ecosystem teams to ship robust upgrades to the live network

What we offer

Remote first global workforce
Industry leading Medical, Dental and Vision health insurance
Company matching 401k with 3% match
$1,500 Home Office Set Up Allowance (life-time max)
$75 Monthly internet or phone reimbursement
Flexible Time Off
Company issued laptop
Egg freezing, mental health, and employee wellness benefits

Fulltime

Principal Software Engineer (Backend)

Palo Alto Networks' ADEM (Autonomous Digital Experience Management) group is see...

Location

United States , Santa Clara

Salary:

Not provided

Palo Alto Networks

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

12+ years of software engineering experience, with a significant portion dedicated to designing and operating large-scale distributed systems in a cloud-native environment
Advanced AI-Augmented Development: expert in leveraging AI-powered development tools—including Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and GitHub Copilot—to radically accelerate the SDLC and automate complex refactoring and testing workflows
Distributed Systems Mastery: Proven track record of architecting systems that handle billions of events per day with strict sub-second latency requirements using Rust, Go (Golang), Java, or Python
GCP Principal-Level Expertise: Deep authoritative knowledge of the GCP ecosystem (GKE, Spanner, BigQuery, Pub/Sub, Dataflow) and the ability to optimize cloud spend through sophisticated architectural choices (FinOps)
Data Plane Innovation: Experience building high-throughput, low-latency data pipelines using technologies like Kafka, Pulsar, or Flink
Security & Networking Visionary: Deep understanding of Zero Trust architecture, L4-L7 networking, and advanced encryption standards
Open Source & Community: A history of contributing to open-source projects (e.g., Kubernetes, Prometheus, Istio) or speaking at industry conferences is highly desirable
Education: BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent high-level professional experience

Job Responsibility

Technical Strategy & Roadmap: Define the long-term architectural vision for ADEM backend services, ensuring scalability to support hundreds of millions of global endpoints and multi-petabyte telemetry streams
Architectural Governance: Lead the "Design Review Board" for the ADEM org, ensuring that all new services adhere to Secure AI by Design, high-availability patterns, and cost-efficient GCP utilization
AI/ML Integration at Scale: Drive the transition from traditional analytics to Agentic AI workflows, overseeing the backend orchestration required to power LLM-driven autonomous remediation
Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with Product Management, Data Science, and DevOps to translate ambiguous business requirements into robust, high-performance technical specifications
Engineering Excellence & Mentorship: Act as a force multiplier by mentoring Staff and Senior engineers, fostering a culture of rigorous testing, high code quality, and proactive technical debt management
Crisis Leadership: Serve as the ultimate technical escalation point for complex, systemic production issues, leading post-mortems that drive permanent architectural improvements

What we offer

compensation may also include restricted stock units and a bonus

Fulltime

Senior / Staff Backend Engineer, Golang

Aescape

Location:
United States , New York

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Posted:
February 21, 2026

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