Senior Software Developer Backend

TextNow's Backend Platform team uses modern technologies like AWS, Golang, gRPC, a micro-services architecture, high performing databases, streaming and queueing. We manage hundreds of millions of user interactions and terabytes of raw data in real-time.  As a Senior member of the Backend Platform Team you will design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services, ensuring high performance and reliability across our service landscape.  You will also lead key projects and initiatives, driving technical excellence and innovation within the team. 

• Develop and Maintain Core Backend Services taking responsibility for helping to guide the architecture, design, and implement new & existing microservices 
• Maintain a High Bar of Quality for the team, producing readable code, writing testable code, refactoring legacy systems, actively contributing to development standards and cross-team architectural reviews 
• Participate in a Rotating On-Call, responsible for service uptime, availability of critical functions, and performing root cause analysis of incidents to identify steps towards lasting remediation 
• Foster Growth of fellow team members by mentoring them and nurturing their technical skills, empowering them to become exceptionally practical Sofware Developers 
• Organize and Communicate the technical details of upcoming projects through our architectural review process 
• Collaborate with other backend teams in guiding the development of our shared libraries 

• Creator of Cool Stuff with a passion for efficiency at scale, leveraging Golang or another strongly typed language along with the computing power of Cloud services 
• Brilliant Collaborator who excels at connecting with team members, transforming complex ideas into clear insights, while actively listening to foster a collaborative environment. 
• ActsDecisivelyto take actions that efficiently deliver value to our customers and business stakeholders alike 
• Takes Ownership of project with the ability to drive them tocompletion 
• Respectfully Candid with the ability to tactfully give/receive feedback with various teams across the organization 
• Self-Starter who actively identifies areas of improvement and provides realistic solutions 
• Resourceful and Scrappy with the ability to be strategic, roll up your sleeves, execute, and work cross-functionally 
• Versatile Technologist always interested in learning something new 

• Strong Experience in developing API services and shared packages using Golang 
• Experience with infrastructure as code tooling (Terraform, Kubernetes, or others) 
• Ability to apply design principles and methodologies for building scalable and high-performance backend architectures 
• Production Experience using relational and nonrelational database technology (MariaDB, RDS, DynamoDB, Redis) 
• Familiarity with asynchronous event processing (Kafka, SQS, or others) 
• Experience delivering quality production level microservices, using gRPC or REST 
• Experience utilizing CI build platforms (GitHub Actions or similar) 

• Experience with telecommunication (i.e. calling/messaging)
• Experience with migrating from legacy stacks (i.e. PHP, Ruby)
• Experience building applications using Kafka for event processing 

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