Backend Architect, Golang

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Latvia.

📋 Description

• Define and advance the architecture of our backend platform that facilitates connections for millions of users.

• Design and develop highly available distributed services in Golang while establishing technical directions regarding scalability, reliability, and performance goals.

• Lead code reviews and promote a culture of testing discipline, clean architecture, and engineering best practices throughout the team.

• Collaborate with the SDK team to seamlessly integrate client features into backend systems and ensure end-to-end functionality.

• Mentor engineers and enhance the technical capabilities of the team while working alongside security, infrastructure, and product teams.

• Propel the team to achieve performance targets and deliver reliable products that ensure user protection at scale.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.

• Over 8 years of experience in backend engineering and architecture, with at least 5 years specifically in Golang.

• Demonstrated expertise in designing and managing distributed systems at scale, along with a thorough understanding of networking protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS).

• Practical experience with VPN protocols (WireGuard, OpenVPN, IPsec), tunneling techniques, NAT traversal, and low-latency networking.

• Production experience with AWS (EC2, EKS, S3, Aurora/RDS), container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and a solid background in Linux development.

• Familiarity with cryptography fundamentals, threat modeling methodologies, secure coding practices, and strong API design capabilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Solve real customer problems.

• See your impact.

• Accelerate your career.

• Work with talented people.