Sr/Staff Backend Engineer (Golang)

The role

You will design and build core backend features end-to-end for SaaS products. You will work with a distributed engineering team to ensure system scalability, reliability, and performance.

What you will do

• Design and build core backend features end-to-end for SaaS products.
• Contribute to large-scale technical projects for scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Participate in architectural discussions and drive technical decisions.
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate product requirements into technical solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Use observability best practices to ensure reliability and availability.
• Participate in external technical forums, conferences, and open-source communities.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience building scalable backends for product/SaaS companies
• At least 2 years of experience in Golang programming with a focus on microservices/distributed architecture
• Practical experience in designing APIs with one or more frameworks
• Strong understanding of scalable distributed systems
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code and documentation
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment with evolving requirements
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Practical experience in troubleshooting distributed systems

Nice to have

• gRPC
• Prior experience with Java or JVM-based technologies (e.g., Spring Boot, Gradle, Maven)

About the company

Endor Labs builds a platform to secure AI-generated code. The company has raised $163M from investors including Lightspeed, Coatue, and Salesforce Ventures.