Senior Backend Engineer - Golang

Ampcus Inc. is a certified global provider of a broad range of Technology and Business consulting services. We are in search of a highly motivated candidate to join our talented Team.

Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer - Golang

Location(s): San Francisco, CA

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and maintain the backend systems that power our e-commerce marketplace. This role spans API development, data pipelines, and core product backend features.

• Work closely with product managers to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Design clean, maintainable, and well-documented APIs used by engineering teams and third-party integrations.
• Lead architectural design discussions and guide technical direction across backend systems.
• Review pull requests and provide technical guidance on implementation decisions across the team.
• Develop and support Airflow data pipelines using Python DAGs for real-time and batch processing.

• 7 years of backend engineering experience.
• 3 years writing production Go (Golang).
• Experience designing and operating distributed systems on GCP or similar cloud platform.
• Demonstrated ability to design clean, maintainable REST and gRPC APIs.
• Experience writing and maintaining Airflow DAGs in Python or similar pipeline tooling.
• Experience building and operating batch jobs and event-driven systems using Kafka or similar message streaming platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and service deployment.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Working knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
• Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering teams.

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.