Senior Backend Engineer ((Python / Go)
# Senior Backend Engineer ((Python / Go) **RapidFort, Inc.** · United States · `Remote` · `Full Time` 💼 **Уровень роли:** `Senior` 💰 **Компенсация:** `$140,000 – $200,000` 🕒 **Статус:** *Опубликовано: сегодня* · *Источник: Himalayas (JSON API)* --- ### Top Skills & Match 🎯 **Ключевой стек роли:** `[Backend-Engineer]` `[Software-Engineer]` `[Software-Developer]` `[Senior-Python-Backend-Developer]` `[Senior-Backend-Python-Developer]` `[Senior-Backend-Engineering]` `[Python-Backend-Engineer]` `[Senior-Backend-Development]` `[Remote-Senior-Backend-Engineer]` --- ### About the Role Senior Backend Engineer (Python / Go) Overview We are seeking a skilled and passionate Senior Backend Engineer to join our team, focusing on the design, development, and maintenance of high-performance, scalable microservices. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Go (Golang), and a deep understanding of distributed systems architecture. Essential Qualifications Technical Skills Skill CategoryRequirementProficiency LevelProgramming LanguagesPython (Deep expertise with frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django)AdvancedProgramming LanguagesGo (Golang) (Experience building robust, high-concurrency microservices)ExpertMicroservices / ArchitectureDesigning, developing, and deploying RESTful APIsExpertSecurityKeycloak, API authentication, JWTAdvancedDatabasesRealtime analytics (Clickhouse)AdvancedDatabasesRelational databases (MySQL) including complex query optimizationAdvancedDatabasesNoSQL databases (Redis)AdvancedContainerization / OrchestrationKubernetes for deployment and scalingAdvancedContainerization / OrchestrationDocker container buildAdvancedTestingWriting comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end testsAdvanced Core Experience - 7+ years of professional experience in backend software development, with a significant focus on building and operating microservices in a production environment. - Proven ability to work with and contribute to large-scale, distributed systems. - Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) for deployment, monitoring, and scaling. Desired Qualifications Process & Tools - CI/CD: Experience setting up and maintaining automated deployment pipelines - Observability: Proficiency with monitoring and logging tools - Source Control: Expertise in Git and collaborative workflows Architecture & Design - Familiarity with event-driven architectures and streaming data processing - Experience with security best practices in API design (e.g., OAuth 2.0, JWT, input validation) - Knowledge of performance tuning and optimization techniques for both Python and Go applications Key Responsibilities - Design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable backend microservices using Go - Collaborate with product managers and front-end teams to define API specifications and integration points - Ensure services are deployed, monitored, and scaled efficiently in a Kubernetes environment - Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and planning sessions - Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues, ensuring high availability and performance - Drive continuous improvement in development processes, tooling, and infrastructure Must-have skills for a Senior Backend / Microservices Engineer (owner-level) Production microservices ownership (not just “worked on”) - Has owned at least 1–2 services end-to-end (design → build → deploy → on-call → incident fixes → scaling) - Comfortable with service boundaries, APIs, versioning, backward compatibility, SLAs/SLOs System design & architecture (senior bar) - Can design systems with tradeoffs: latency, throughput, cost, reliability - Patterns: idempotency, retries, timeouts, circuit breakers, async workflows, queues, eventual consistency - Data design: relational vs NoSQL, caching, indexing, migrations, multi-tenant considerations (if relevant) Strong debugging & problem-solving in real-world scenarios - Can take an ambiguous production issue and drive it to resolution - Uses a structured approach: reproduce → isolate → instrument → hypothesis → validate → fix → prevent Linux fundamentals (practical, daily-use) - Confident with commands/tools like: ps/top/htop, journalctl, systemctl, netstat/ss, lsof, curl, grep/sed/awk, strace (bonus), log parsing - Understands networking basics (DNS, TLS, ports, timeouts) Docker + container runtime competence - Can explain Dockerfiles, layers, multi-stage builds, image size/security - Debug containers: env vars, volumes, entrypoints, networking, resource limits Observability / logging / diagnostics - Strong in structured logging, correlation IDs, trace context - Metrics + tracing + logs as a system - Datadog experience is a must-have , or a very credible equivalent (Prometheus/Grafana + OpenTelemetry + ELK) with proof they can ramp fast Platform maturity - CI/CD, release processes, rollback strategies - Basic security and reliability hygiene (secrets mgmt, least privilege, rate limiting) Compensation Compensation & Benefits $140,000 – $200,000 USD per year (depending on experience and qualifications) Benefits - 401(k) retirement plan - Health, dental, and vision insurance - Paid time off (PTO) and company holidays - Flexible work arrangements - Professional development and training support - Performance-based bonuses (if applicable) Originally posted on Himalayas
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Наблюдалась 2026-10-02, впервые 2026-10-02, источник — Himalayas (JSON API).