Senior Backend Engineer, Payments

Weave

. Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Golang microservices .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and maintaining scalable backend services and APIs using Golang, with a strong focus on system reliability and operational excellence. Proven ability to collaborate across teams and mentor junior engineers while managing production systems in cloud environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Golang Microservices DevelopmentRESTful API DesignDistributed Systems UnderstandingCloud Deployment (GCP)Docker/Kubernetes Proficiency

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Hard Skills

Backend EngineeringGolangJavaPythonRubyC#SQLProtobufs/gRPCKafkaRedis

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentoringProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)DockerKubernetesObservability ToolingMetricsAlertsTracing

Industry Keywords

MicroservicesOperational ExcellenceIncident ResponseSLA/SLO StandardsPayments Platform

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformGRPCJavaKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesPythonRedisRubySQLGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using Golang microservices
Drive technical architecture and anticipate scaling and maintenance needs
Collaborate with product, design, and frontend teams to deliver high-impact features
Participate in system design reviews and contribute to engineering strategy
Own code quality, reliability, and observability from development through production
Plan and execute projects from inception to delivery
Mentor peers and junior engineers
Participate in on-call rotation and escalation, supporting critical incidents
Establish operational excellence standards, including SLAs/SLOs, monitoring, alerting, and incident response processes
Work on Weave’s payments platform, which supports healthcare practices with scheduling, payments, communication, and reviews

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of backend engineering experience with modern programming languages such as Golang, Java, Python, Ruby, or C#
Golang preferred or willingness to learn
Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and backend services
Strong understanding of distributed systems and inter-service communication, including protobufs/gRPC, REST, Kafka, and Redis
Experience with relational databases and SQL
Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation and take responsibility for production systems
Experience deploying and maintaining services in cloud environments, especially Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Comfort with Docker/Kubernetes, observability tooling, metrics, alerts, tracing, and service reliability
Experience with protobufs/gRPC or Temporal
Experience breaking monoliths into microservices
Successful completion of a background check
Current U.S. work authorization status is requested in the application

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace
Reasonable accommodation for disabilities or special needs
AI-assisted candidate experience
No specific compensation extras or benefits stated