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Senior Backend Engineer - Checkout (all genders)

Summary

Builds high-performance Go-based checkout APIs for an ecommerce platform, focusing on scalable architecture, clean code, and low-latency features while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

  • Turn real business needs into clean, idiomatic Go code that your team can easily build on
  • Partner with the team to design and build a rock-solid, highly scalable Go API architecture
  • Champion clean coding practices like TDD, pair programming, and agile workflows
  • Pick the right tool for the job: getting the most out of Go’s speed without being stuck in dogma
  • Bring your own ideas to the table in a flat hierarchy with fast, direct decision-making
  • Self-starter who steps up, takes responsibility, and stays curious about new ways to solve problems
  • Comfortable taking complex, low-latency features from the drawing board all the way to production without hand-holding
  • Collaborative builder who writes solid, dependable code and makes everyone around them better
  • Knows Go inside out, writing clean, idiomatic code and making the most of its built-in concurrency
  • Strong foundation in modern Symfony or Laravel, with a track record of building clean, scalable apps
  • Hands-on experience with modern PHP is a big plus
  • Deep grasp of core engineering principles (SOLID, clean code) and distributed system design
  • Knows their way around MySQL (smart indexing, query tuning) and Redis (caching patterns, data structures)
  • Hands-on or curious about leveraging GenAI to build smarter, modern product features
  • Fluent in English and comfortable sharing ideas, alignment, and technical trade-offs across the team

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