Senior Backend Engineer

Posted 7 Days Ago
28 Locations
Remote
Senior level
Software
Typeform helps businesses get the data they need with forms that people enjoy and respond to.
The Role
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll contribute to microservices in GoLang, improve code scalability and reliability, react to monitoring alerts, propose architectural solutions in a high-traffic environment, and lead root-cause analyses while training peers and participating in an on-call rota.
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Who we are

Typeform is a refreshingly different form builder. We help over 150,000 businesses collect the data they need with forms, surveys, and quizzes that people enjoy. Designed to look striking and feel effortless to fill out, Typeform drives 500 million responses every year—and integrates with essential tools like Slack, Zapier, and Hubspot.

About the Role

As a Senior Backend Engineer at Typeform, you'll be responsible for contributing code to microservices written in GoLang, utilizing HTTP calls for inter-process communications (IPC), and implementing Kafka or SNS/SQS as middleware. Working closely with our Product Team, you’ll champion engineering excellence, as you create beautiful and secure features and functionalities for our customers, which enhances their user experience.

Things you will do:

  • Contributing code to projects that require backend work (in Golang)
  • Improve existing code bases to be more scalable and reliable
  • Reacting to monitoring alerts and triaging accordingly to resolve issues (even after hours)
  • Proposing solutions to code or architectural problems in a high-traffic environment
  • Doing Root-Cause-Analysis (RCA) exercises and leading/contributing to postmortems for incidents.
  • Helping and training peers
  • Being part of an on-call rota to react to any alerts our monitoring system raises during and outside office hours.

What you already bring to the table:

  • University degree in a related field
  • Experience in a high-traffic distributed architecture
  • Experience writing architectural documentation
  • Experience with our core technologies: GoLang, Cloud providers, and Messaging systems
  • Excellent written and spoken English skills

Extra awesome:

  • Experience working in a remote company or a startup.
  • Previous working experience with Kafka, Terraform, Kubernetes, & Elasticsearch

*Typeform drives hundreds of millions of interactions each year, enabling conversational, human-centered experiences across the globe. We move as one team, empowering our collective efforts by valuing each individual’s unique perspective. This fosters strong bonds grounded in respect, transparency, and trust. We champion our diverse customer base by anticipating their needs and addressing their challenges with priority. Committed to excellence, we hold high expectations for ourselves and each other, continuously striving to deliver exceptional results.

We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and stand firmly against discrimination and harassment of any kind—whether based on race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. Everyone is welcome here.

Top Skills

Go
The Company
300 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2012

What We Do

Typeform is a refreshingly different form builder. We help over 150,000 businesses collect the data they need with forms, surveys, and quizzes that people enjoy. Designed to look striking and feel effortless to fill out, Typeform drives 500 million responses every year—and integrates with essential tools like Slack, Zapier, and Hubspot. For more information, visit www.typeform.com.

Why Work With Us

Typeform stands out for its beautiful, user-friendly solutions that foster human connection. Working at Typeform means contributing to a vibrant culture that values collaboration, innovation, creativity, and customer centricity. It offers a dynamic, diverse, and inclusive environment, encouraging personal growth and development.

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