Go Backend Developer

Rare Candy

. Build and improve backend services in Go for Rare Candy’s collector-facing product .

Posted 9/24/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $160,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backend development using Go, with a strong focus on building and maintaining GraphQL APIs and relational databases. Capable of implementing business logic, debugging production issues, and ensuring code reliability and performance in a fast-paced startup environment.

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Backend Development In GoGraphQL API DevelopmentRelational Database ManagementSQL ProficiencyProduction System Experience

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Hard Skills

Go ProgrammingGraphQLSQLDatabase Schema DesignAutomated TestingDebuggingConcurrency BasicsError HandlingBackground JobsThird-Party Integrations

Soft Skills

Detail-OrientedCuriousAdaptable

Tools & Technologies

LogsDebugging Tools

Industry Keywords

Trading-CardCollector CommunityMarketplace ActivityCollections

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GraphQLSQLGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and improve backend services in Go for Rare Candy’s collector-facing product
Develop and maintain GraphQL APIs with mobile and frontend engineers
Design and evolve relational data models
Write efficient SQL and safely implement database changes
Implement business logic, background jobs, and third-party integrations for collections, marketplace activity, and Instapacks
Write automated tests
Investigate production bugs
Improve reliability and performance using logs and metrics
Collaborate with product, design, and engineering to turn ideas into shipped experiences
Get the backend running locally and understand core services and data models
Ship backend fixes and features, including well-scoped features implemented, tested, deployed, and verified in production
Contribute reliably across important parts of the product and take ownership of increasingly important features

Requirements

What you’ll need

Around 5–7 years of backend development experience
Production system or serious side-project experience shipping real features
Comfortable building in Go, including error handling, interfaces, concurrency basics, and testing
Experience building or maintaining APIs
GraphQL experience is a plus, or willingness to learn GraphQL from a REST background
Experience with relational databases and SQL, including schema design, joins, indexes, and transactions
Focus on correctness, reliability, and maintainable code
Comfortable using logs and debugging tools to trace problems through APIs, services, or databases
Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup with shifting priorities
Knowledge of the trading-card or collector world, or fluency in a similar collectible space
Curious, detail-oriented, and comfortable learning by doing
Required to submit a resume
Required to answer application questions about a Go service, debugging experience, and trading-card or collector communities
Location field is required in the application

Benefits

Comp & perks

Meaningful equity upside
Health coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
401(k)
Wellness stipend
Monthly dogfooding budget to spend on cards
Mentorship and support from experienced engineering leadership
Equal opportunity and inclusive team environment