Impact Scale LLC is seeking an experienced, performance-driven Backend Engineer (Go) to help build, refine, and scale our next-generation, real-time performance management platform. Joining a small, elite engineering team, you will collaborate with fellow senior engineers to deliver mission-critical platform capabilities, engineer high-throughput backend services, and continuously push the boundaries of platform concurrency and reliability.This role is ideal for a systems-minded engineer who takes deep ownership of their architectural footprint, writes highly optimized code, and thrives when dealing with the challenges of massive real-time data ingestion. You will play a vital role in building fault-tolerant infrastructure capable of processing large volumes of live data with absolute stability.
Key Responsibilities
Backend Go Engineering & API Architecture
Service Development: Design, build, and deploy high-performance backend features and standalone microservices using Go (Golang).
API Integration Engine: Build, document, and maintain ultra-reliable REST APIs and complex integrations with external data partners and programmatic networks.
Clean Code Standards: Write exceptionally clean, well-tested (unit/integration tests), and easily maintainable code structured for long-term scalability.
Peer Governance: Participate in technical peer code reviews and contribute to the continuous refinement of internal coding guardrails and deployment processes.
Event-Driven Microservices & Concurrency Scaling
Event-Driven Implementation: Architecture and launch new decoupled capabilities within a distributed, event-driven microservices platform.
Message Broker Management: Configure and scale message brokers and event streaming lines (specifically NATS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ).
Concurrency Optimization: Apply deep knowledge of Go routines, channels, asynchronous processing, and memory allocation to eliminate system bottlenecks.
Database Optimization: Design schemas and optimize heavy read/write transactional operations utilizing PostgreSQLand Rediscaching layers.
Containerization & Technical Workflows
Containerized Ecosystems: Develop, test, and containerize modular backend applications utilizing Dockerwithin staging and production infrastructure.
Version Control Operations: Manage complex code branches, continuous system integration pipelines, and release environments utilizing Git.
Qualifications & Skills
Required
Experience Depth: 4+ years of professional backend software development experience explicitly engineering applications in Go (Golang).
API Fluency: Proven history of building robust REST APIs and handling complex third-party system data integrations.
Architectural Literacy: Demonstrated experience working inside distributed microservice environments and utilizing heavy message brokers.
Data Layer Stack: Hands-on operational experience building and tuning storage solutions with PostgreSQL and Redis.
Core Attributes: Native grasp of concurrent programming concepts, an aggressive execution bias, high accountability, and an exceptional ability to solve ambiguous technical scaling problems.
Linguistic Symmetry: Fluency in Russian or Ukrainian is strongly preferred to facilitate rapid synchronization with our core technical team.
Preferred & Nice to Haves
High-Throughput Mastery: Exposure to ultra-high-throughput or real-time event-streaming backend layers.
Analytical Storage: Prior experience working with column-oriented analytical databases, specifically ClickHouse.
System Observability: Familiarity with modern cloud observability and telemetry monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, or OpenTelemetryspecifications).
Industry Domain: Experience operating inside technical AdTech, FinTech, MarTech, or high-volume lead generation environments.
Polyglot Exposure: Practical familiarity or engineering exposure to Rust..
Compensation & Benefits
Health & Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance packages (Available following a standard 90-day introductory period).
Retirement: Corporate retirement savings plan options with a traditional 401(k) (Eligible after 90 days of continuous employment).
Time Off: Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) allotment and observed holiday schedule.
Perks & Luxury Culture: Daily catered lunches, a fully stocked premium coffee and tea bar, unlimited snacks, and free garage parking. Employees also enjoy routine professional development opportunities within an elite, growth-driven leadership environment in Downtown Vancouver, WA.
Skills Required
- 4+ years of experience developing backend applications in Go
- Experience building REST APIs and integrating with third-party services
- Familiarity with event-driven or microservice architectures and message brokers such as NATS, Kafka, or RabbitMQ
- Experience working with PostgreSQL and Redis
- Experience developing containerized applications using Docker
- Understanding of concurrency, asynchronous processing, and backend performance optimization
- Experience working in collaborative engineering teams using Git and code reviews
- Fluency in Russian or Ukrainian
- Experience with high-throughput or real-time backend systems
- Experience with ClickHouse or other analytical databases
- Familiarity with observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, or OpenTelemetry
- Experience in AdTech, lead generation, martech, or fintech
- Exposure to Rust
What We Do
Impact Scale is a Vancouver, Washington-based performance marketing company focused on customer acquisition at scale. It combines data-driven media buying, campaign optimization, software engineering, analytics, and proprietary technology to connect high-intent consumers with brands. The company delivers measurable growth through effective marketing channels, owned-and-operated traffic, and scalable campaigns across multiple verticals, supported by a team of marketing and technology specialists.
