Hybrid Senior Backend Engineer

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About the role

  • Senior Backend Engineer responsible for backend services and infrastructure at PIP Labs. Working with Go and cloud operations while contributing to the Story protocol.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and extend the Story API, indexing systems, and backend services
  • Write high-quality Go code and improve the performance and reliability of distributed services
  • Support day-to-day infrastructure needs, including deployments, monitoring, and cloud operations
  • Contribute to the GCP to AWS migration and help stand up self-hosted Temporal
  • Debug issues across the stack and own services from design through deployment
  • Collaborate with backend, infra, and protocol engineers on architecture, reviews, and best practices
  • Take on maintenance and optimization work left by recent team transitions and help re-establish backend coverage for Story
  • Design and implement new backend systems and services from the ground up, shaping core platform capabilities as Story evolves

Requirements

  • 5 to 8+ years of software engineering experience, with strong backend focus
  • Proficiency with Go (Golang) in production environments
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and concurrency
  • Hands-on experience with AWS or other major cloud providers
  • Experience deploying, maintaining, and debugging production services
  • Ability to operate in a fast-moving, high-ownership startup environment
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Based in the Bay Area and comfortable with a hybrid work model

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements

Job title

Senior Backend Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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