Senior/Principal Backend Software Engineer

1 Day ago • 5 Years + • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior/Principal Backend Software Engineer at Patterned Learning AI, you will design, build, and maintain products, services, and features. Responsibilities include writing technical design docs and customer-facing documentation, addressing customer issues, building monitoring and analysis tooling, participating in on-call rotations, coordinating with frontend engineers and designers, and having broad exposure to the architecture. You'll work with Go (Golang), GCP, HSMs, Postgres, MySQL, Terraform, Docker, and Redis. This is a hands-on, full-time role requiring strong technical skills and a passion for building products. The exact level (Senior or Principal) depends on experience and interview performance.
Must have:
  • 5+ years cloud/backend engineering experience for large-scale systems
  • Strong understanding of reliability, distributed systems, cloud-native architectures
  • Experience with Go (Golang), GCP, HSMs, Postgres, MySQL, Terraform, Docker, Redis
  • Application security, scalability, and performance expertise
  • Understanding and application of engineering best practices
Perks:
  • Health benefits
  • Generous PTO
  • Unlimited snacks & drinks
  • Flexible working hours
  • Dog-friendly office
  • 401(k)
  • Medical, Vision, Dental insurance

Job Details

This is a remote position.

Senior / Principal Backend Software Engineer - Remote Job, 5+ Year Experience


Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States full-time. We are not able to sponsor applicants for work visas at this time.

Flexible location: work where you want to, either remotely across the U.S. or from our HQ in NYC 


About  us: We are backed by a recent $3.8 million investment from top silicon valley investors, we're on a mission to unlock the full potential of developers.


What We Do: Patterned Learning AI platform helps developers learn, grow, and excel by providing intelligent code assistance, identifying areas for improvement, and fostering a collaborative learning environment.


We have a flexible, work-from-home friendly, style of operation with an on site office that is optional. 


Benefits: We offer health benefits and generous PTO packages. 

Our office is dog friendly, has unlimited snacks & drinks, flexible working hours (get out for the pow day!), and lots of rock climbing & skateboarding. 

We also offer competitive:

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k).

At Patterned Learning AI, we are committed to being a fun, groundbreaking, and inclusive place to work.


We encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or caregiver status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.



About the role


We’re looking for people with a strong technical background and a passion for building products, not just features. 


This is not a management but a full time hands-on position: you will spend the majority of your time coding. 






As an engineer at Patterned Learning AI , you will:




Design, build and maintain Patterned Learning AI  products, services and features

Write technical design docs and customer-facing documentation

Carry out code reviews

Address customer issues

Build tooling to monitor and analyze Patterned Learning AI services, both in terms of performance and security

Take part in the on-call rota

Coordinate your work with our frontend engineers and designers 

Have broad exposure to our entire architecture


You will use:


Go (Golang)

GCP

Hardware Security Modules (HSM)

Postgres and MySQL

Terraform

Docker

Redis


Please note: 


The exact level of the role (Senior or Principal) will depend on your experience and interview performance

Patterned Learning AI   is remote-first and we offer flexible working arrangements to help our team manage their daily lives in the way that works best for them

if you are not located in the US, you will be hired either via a B2B contract or through an employer of record




You are a good fit if you




Have experience as a cloud or backend engineer for a multi-tenant large scale mission critical system

Have a strong understanding of reliability practices, distributed systems, and cloud native architectures 

Care about application security, scalability and performance

Understand and apply engineering best practices, including appropriate testing paradigms and effective peer code reviews

Have a good understanding of multi-threading, concurrency, and parallel processing technologies

Are comfortable working with a high degree of independence and minimal process

Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative and iterative environment

Care deeply about user experience and developer experience

Enjoy working with a diverse group of people with different backgrounds and expertise




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