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Senior Staff Engineer - Golang

Grocery TV
Location
Austin, Texas
Posted
1 month ago
Department
Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 12+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
  • Strong proficiency in Go for building backend services
  • Experience designing and operating high-scale, high-volume backend systems
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts and tradeoffs
  • Experience building API-first services, including customer-facing APIs
What the job really is

The Senior Staff Engineer - Golang at Grocery TV will focus on scaling and enhancing the backend systems of the company's retail media platform. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining high-scale backend services, leading backend projects, and collaborating with product teams to align technical solutions with business goals. The role also involves improving system performance and reliability, participating in on-call support, and advocating for best practices in testing and development processes.

Benefits
  • 100% medical, dental, vision coverage options for employees
  • $1200 annual HSA match
  • $1000 annual learning & development budget per employee
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 12 Week Parental Leave for all new parents
  • Hybrid working model
Things to weigh
  • No salary listed
  • Role involves participation in on-call rotation for production systems
  • The position requires strong leadership and technical judgment, which may imply high expectations for performance
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