[Remote] Principal Software Engineer, Backend (Go)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Skool is a fast-growing, mission-driven company focused on education and community. They are seeking a highly experienced Backend Software Engineer to develop performant and scalable backend services in Go, collaborating with various stakeholders to design and implement new systems while maintaining existing services.

Responsibilities

• Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity
• Take full ownership designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining Skool backend features, end-to-end
• Build and maintain internal tools and infrastructure
• Communicate and author architectural designs and requirements
• Maintain and advocate for high standards through code review and collaboration between yourself and other engineers

Skills

• You have significant professional experience with Go
• You have 8+ years of experience building high-performance, reliable systems in a complex and distributed environment
• You have worked on services using the following: PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch
• You have significant professional experience building and maintaining Web Services
• You have experience in database performance optimization, backend performance optimization, and debugging live production services
• You have a passion for writing maintainable and elegant code

Benefits

• Remote first
• Industry leading compensation
• Fully covered medical, dental & vision insurance (including dependents)
• 401(k) matching

Company Overview

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