TextNow, Inc.
Technology
SoftwareDeveloper-Backend
Neural analysis suggests this role is
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“Software Developer - Backend at TextNow, Inc.. Skills: Backend development, System architecture, AI, Automation. Design backend services. Develop backend services”
What You'll Achieve.
Make communication more affordable; Make communication more powerful; Create faster systems; Create smarter systems; Create more reliable systems; Make development faster; Make decisions smarter; Make experiences more seamless
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Deep expertise in Go, Proven track record of architecting modular, maintainable, and high-performance microservices, Background in system design, Background in observability, Background in performance optimization, Experience with AWS, Experience with Kubernetes, Experience with Argo CD, Experience with Protobuf, Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Experience with auto-scaling architectures, Experience using AI and automation to improve developer velocity, Experience using AI and automation to improve reliability, Experience using AI and automation to improve system intelligence, Collaborative technical leader, Architect for observability, Architect for reliability, Architect for production-readiness, Understand instrumentation, Understand SLOs/SLIs, Understand fault-tolerance, Understand runbooks, Understand incident triage, Understand scalable telemetry pipelines, Understand production diagnostics for backend systems, Technical leader who influenced roadmap decisions, Technical leader who contributed to multi-team initiatives, Technical leader who mentored/led developers, Technical leader who driven culture/process improvements, Technical leader who interfaced with senior developer/product leadership
Nice to Have
Additional experience in PHP for legacy systems
What You'll Do.
Design backend services
Develop backend services
Sustain backend services
Lead architectural modernization
Lead architectural modularization
Define system lifecycle
Evaluate backend technologies
Lead technology adoption
Apply AI-driven tools
Apply automation frameworks
Leverage intelligent telemetry
Leverage optimization pipelines
Define observability standards
Define telemetry pipelines
Define fault-tolerance strategies
Partner with product teams
Partner with mobile teams
Partner with data teams
Drive technical discussions
Influence strategic direction
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Mobile teams; Web teams; Data teams; Product teams
Process & Methodology
Roadmaps
Full Job Description
We believe that communication belongs to everyone. TextNow is redefining how people connect by combining simplicity, intelligence, and accessibility. We’re a team of curious builders using technology to make communication more affordable and powerful for millions of users every day. As a Software Developer - Backend, you won’t just build services—you’ll shape the systems, architecture, and tooling that make them possible. At TextNow, Members of Technical Staff combine leadership and hands-on coding to enable the highest leverage opportunities possible. Being able to operate strategically, as well as diving into the lowest-level details, is a must. You’ll take technical ownership of key backend domains and work across mobile, web, and data to create faster, smarter, more reliable systems. AI and automation are at the core of how we build. You’ll use them to accelerate development, improve performance, detect and resolve issues faster, and continuously raise the bar for backend development excellence. We’re hiring Members of Technical Staff across multiple levels (intermediate/senior/staff+). Whether you’re an experienced developer looking to lead complex systems, or an early-career developer eager to grow, we’ll align your title and scope based on experience and impact. This role is about impact at scale. You’ll shape how TextNow builds and operates its backend systems—using AI and automation to make development faster, decisions smarter, and experiences more seamless for millions of users worldwide. What You'll Do Design, develop, and sustain high-performance, scalable backend services using Go microservices and modern cloud-native tooling. Lead architectural modernization and modularization to improve scalability, observability, and developer velocity. Define and own the entire lifecycle of your systems: API design, data modeling, deployment (CI/CD), live-traffic monitoring, integration and load testing, telemetry evaluate new backend technologies and lead their ad
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