Principal Backend Engineer

Greenhouse Software

full-time

Posted on: 10/23/2025

Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $230,000 - $300,000 per year

Lead

AWSGoGraphQLKafkaKubernetes

About the role

Own the architecture for large-scale, complex product projects.
Own the implementation of critical features and systems, ensuring their ongoing health, scalability, and efficiency, while improving and modernizing the surrounding ecosystems.
Work with engineering, design, and product leadership to evolve existing features and innovate in new directions.
Lead efforts to improve engineering standards, tools, frameworks, and processes.
Mentor and develop other engineers on the team.
Attend Medium’s twice-yearly, in-person offsites (hosted in locations around the U.S.).

10+ years of experience as a software engineer building large-scale distributed backend systems.
Expert-level proficiency in Go (BONUS: Experience designing systems leveraging AWS, Kafka, GraphQL, Kubernetes, and Datadog).
Experience operating at Medium’s product/user scale (millions of users; continuous delivery; feature flags).
Experience modernizing legacy code bases.
Experience utilizing modern AI tooling to accelerate development efforts.
You’ve personally used Medium and are excited to contribute to Medium’s mission of deepening understanding through human storytelling.

Benefits

Working with a fully distributed team: We’re fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France.
Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 70% for dependents.
Generous parental leave policy & child education stipend.
Mental health support through Talkspace.
Financial wellness support through Northstar.
Stipends for wellness, co-working, professional development, wifi and a one-time home office bonus.
Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays.
A discounted Medium membership!

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

GoAWSKafkaGraphQLKubernetesDatadoglarge-scale distributed backend systemsmodern AI toolinglegacy code modernizationcontinuous delivery

leadershipmentoringcollaborationinnovationengineering standards improvement