Senior Software Engineer – Backend (Kotlin Engineers Go Engineer GCP Engineer) Hybrid

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Job Title: Senior Software Engineer Backend (Kotlin Engineers / Go Engineer /GCP Engineer) - Hybrid

Location: Austin Texas (Hybrid 3days/week onsite) Local only

Duration: 6-12 Months

Job Description:

• We are seeking experienced Senior Backend Engineers to join a high-impact product engineering team focused on building scalable cloud-native platforms and services. The team is responsible for developing modern backend systems that support millions of users while operating within a rapidly evolving technical environment.
• This role requires engineers who can work independently contribute to architecture decisions build production-grade services and thrive in AI-assisted development environments.
• Candidates should possess deep expertise in either Kotlin or Go/TypeScript along with strong experience in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and distributed systems.

Required Skill Sets

Backend Engineers (Kotlin)

• Expert-level Kotlin development.
• Microservices architecture.
• REST APIs using OpenAPI 3.x.
• gRPC services for streaming and high-performance communication.
• Kafka event-driven architecture.
• Avro schemas and Schema Registry.
• Google Cloud Platform (Cloud Run preferred).
• Distributed systems and scalable backend design.
• Terraform Infrastructure as Code.
• GitHub Actions CI/CD.
• Cloud Build and Cloud Deploy.
• Spanner Bigtable MongoDB Atlas.
• Experience working in AI-assisted coding environments.

Backend Engineers (Go / TypeScript)

• Strong expertise in Go and/or TypeScript.
• Cloud-native application development on GCP.
• Event-driven architectures using Kafka.
• REST and gRPC services.
• Terraform and CI/CD automation.
• Modern backend engineering practices.
• Database experience with Spanner Bigtable MongoDB Atlas and PostgreSQL.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs.
• Build cloud-native applications using Google Cloud Platform.
• Create event-driven systems leveraging Kafka and Avro schemas.
• Develop RESTful and gRPC-based services.
• Collaborate with product mobile and platform engineering teams.
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision-making.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Cloud Deploy.
• Ensure performance reliability scalability and security of services.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity.
• Mentor junior engineers and perform code reviews.

Required Qualifications

• 8 years of software engineering experience.
• Strong backend development background.
• Experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in Kotlin OR Go/TypeScript.
• Strong Google Cloud Platform experience.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka-based architectures.
• Experience with gRPC and REST API development.
• Strong database experience with Spanner Bigtable MongoDB Atlas or PostgreSQL.
• Experience with Terraform and modern CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

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