Grocery TV

SeniorBackendEngineerII-Golang

$160–190k Austin, Texas, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Backend Engineer II - Golang at Grocery TV. Skills: Backend systems, System reliability, API design. Design backend services. Build backend services”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving; Reason about complex systems

Eligibility Requirements

On-call rotation

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years software engineering experience, Bachelor's in Computer Science, Proficiency in Go, Experience designing high-scale systems, Experience building API-first services, Experience with relational databases

Nice to Have

Experience with Kubernetes

What You'll Do.

Design backend services

Build backend services

Maintain backend services

Lead backend projects

Improve system reliability

Improve system resiliency

Improve system performance

Design API-first services

Evolve API-first services

Contribute to system architecture

Contribute to technical design

Identify performance bottlenecks

Remediate performance bottlenecks

Identify reliability risks

Remediate reliability risks

Support production systems

Collaborate with engineers

Drive operational excellence

Implement process improvements

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Product teams; Software engineers; Cross functional teams

Full Job Description

Senior Backend Engineer II - Golang Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer II - Golang Work Location: Austin, TX Reports to: Darrell Maples Level: 5 Salary Range: $160,000 - $190,000 About Grocery TV Grocery TV is a leading in-store retail media platform. Over 120 retailers partner with Grocery TV to modernize stores and drive incremental revenue while delivering a more engaging shopping experience. We manage the complexities of operating an in-store media network, allowing retailers to focus on serving customers. Reaching 1 in 4 Americans across 6,500+ stores, Grocery TV connects brands with shoppers at the moment of decision, where 90% of purchases take place. For more information, visit www.grocerytv.com. About The Role This engineer will play a critical role in scaling and hardening Grocery TV’s backend systems as the platform continues to grow. This engineer will work across APIs, content delivery pipelines, and media network orchestration services to improve system resiliency, performance, and reliability. Operating at a Senior II level, this role is expected to lead and execute backend initiatives end-to-end, bring strong system design judgment, and translate business and product needs into durable technical solutions. This position partners closely with Product and other Software Engineers to ensure backend systems support both current execution and long-term platform strategy. Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain high-scale backend services using Go Lead implementation of backend projects that improve system reliability, resiliency, and performance Design and evolve API-first services that support customer-facing and internal applications Contribute to system architecture and technical design for future initiatives Partner with Product to scope, plan, and execute backend work aligned with business goals Identify and remediate performance bottlenecks and reliability risks across distributed systems Participate in a shared on-call rotation to support prod

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