Senior Backend Engineer (Go) (Incogni)

Job description

Join the Incogni engineering team and help us build the next-generation backend platform powering Incogni and Ironwall at scale. We’re looking for a senior backend engineer who thinks in systems, designs for growth, and enjoys building reliable, scalable services. Our mission is to create a secure, scalable, and high-performance service platform that supports rapid business growth and evolving product needs. You’ll work on core systems and service architectures at the heart of our platform, with Go as a key technology. ## **If you want to:** - Design, build, and evolve high-traffic, business-critical backend services (primarily in Go); - Lead and influence architectural decisions — from domain modeling and service boundaries to infrastructure and deployment strategies; - Drive the evolution of our service platform together with senior and lead engineers; - Identify performance bottlenecks and scalability challenges, and propose pragmatic, long-term solutions; - Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, from design to production rollout; - Write clean, well-tested, production-grade code while raising engineering standards across the team. ## **And you can check off:** - Strong experience building production-grade backend systems; - Solid understanding of software design principles, distributed systems, and API design; - Experience with databases, messaging systems, and service-oriented or event-driven architectures; - Ability to reason about concurrency, performance, and reliability; - Confidence participating in architectural discussions and technical decision-making. ## **Bonus points if you:** - Have experience building or scaling systems serving millions of requests; - Leveraged hands-on production experience with Go; - Developed a strong understanding of observability, reliability, and operational excellence; - Contributed to modernizing or evolving backend platforms. ## **Here's the deal:** - **Growth and learning opportunities:** time dedicated to learning, conferences, online learning platforms, and books for your professional development; - **Health and wellness:** we want you to feel and be your best. That's why we offer various benefits, from online workouts, a physical coach and a gym to regular mental health checks; - **Tools of your choice:** choose technical equipment and the tools you need to do your best; - **Community and celebrations:** get ready for long-lasting traditions such as yearly workation, Friday get-togethers, various team buildings and company celebrations; - **Convenient commuting:** traveling from point A to point B can be a pain. That’s why, depending on your unique circumstances, we compensate part of your public transport costs; - **Work-life balance:** We encourage working in the office, with the possibility of up to two remote days per week. Plus, with our WFA policy, you can work from almost anywhere in the world; - **Premium Surfshark accounts:** for you, your family, and friends; - **Gross salary:** 6000 - 7200 Eur/month for the Lithuanian market, 24000-33400 PLN/month for the Polish market. It may vary depending on your skills and experience.