remote

Salary
$153,000–$214,000from the description
Posted
Jul 15, 2026
Location
Last confirmed open
Jul 21, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A senior backend engineering role focused on designing and building scalable distributed systems — including asynchronous, event-driven, and queue-based architectures — that support enterprise administrator workflows. The work is primarily in Go, spanning public APIs and production SaaS services, with cross-functional collaboration across product, design, and data teams. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable owning complex technical initiatives and mentoring peers in a remote environment.

Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time

Must have (4)
GoRESTdistributed systemsevent-driven architecture
Nice to have (2)
Kubernetestransactional email / SMTP

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 19,100 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 11,500–28,600

Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.

What gives you an edge
event-driven architecture12%Go14%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (7)

The role is listed via Jobgether on behalf of an unnamed partner company; the actual employer is not disclosed in the posting.

Kubernetes and containerized services are listed under Requirements but with softening language ('preferred') — treated as preferred accordingly.

Security-focused development practices and threat modeling are explicitly called 'a plus' in the Requirements section — treated as preferred.

Experience with transactional email platforms / SMTP is described as 'an advantage' — treated as preferred.

No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.

Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): security-focused development.

Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.

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