The Role
Design and ship Golang services within a high-performance distributed system, contribute to React and Next.js frontend development, and build payment infrastructure, event-driven workflows, and real-time data processing. The role includes system design, production-ready coding, testing, documentation, mentoring engineers, and raising engineering standards on a lean, remote-first team.
Summary Generated by Built In
Tagline: High ownership, zero bureaucracy, mission-critical systems.
Experience: 5+ years
About ClipsterClipster is where brands and creators connect to turn views into profits. Creators clip, remix, and post branded content on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and X — earning for every view they deliver. Brands get scale, simplicity, and performance tracking they can actually trust.
The roleWe're looking for a backend-heavy senior engineer who isn't afraid to touch the full stack. Your primary domain is our Golang services and distributed architecture, but you're a product engineer at heart — you understand the why behind the code and can jump into the React/Next.js frontend whenever that's the shortest path to delivering value. You'll join a lean tech team of fewer than 15 people, on systems that move around $1M in payouts every month.
What you'll do- Design and ship Golang services inside a high-performance distributed system.
- Move from system design to production-ready code — clean code, test coverage, and documentation included.
- Contribute to the React/Next.js frontend when that's the fastest way to deliver.
- Work on payment infrastructure that handles around $1M in monthly payouts.
- Build event-driven flows and real-time data processing.
- Mentor other engineers and raise the engineering bar as the team grows.
- 5+ years of backend experience, including at least 3 years of mastery in Golang.
- Comfortable with high-performance distributed systems.
- The skills to navigate and contribute to a React/Next.js frontend.
- Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL and Redis, ideally GCP.
- Architectural mindset — you move seamlessly from system design to shipped code.
- High-bandwidth communicator who mentors others and leaves ego at the door.
- Bonus: payment systems, event-driven architectures, or real-time data processing.
- A competitive salary that reflects the impact you have, reviewed as you grow into more.
- Flexible time off — take what you need. We trust adults to manage their own energy, not a leave balance.
- Remote-first: work wherever you’re most productive, and we get together in person when it makes sense.
- A one-time $1,000 home office bonus to set up a workspace you’ll actually want to work from.
- An annual education stipend for books, courses, and conferences.
- Screening call
- Pair programming session
- System design session
- Engineering excellence
- Part-time trial
Skills Required
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- At least 3 years of Golang experience
- Experience with high-performance distributed systems
- Ability to contribute to React and Next.js frontend development
- Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL and Redis
- Architectural and system design expertise
- Strong communication skills and ability to mentor engineers
- GCP experience
- Payment systems experience
- Event-driven architecture experience
- Real-time data processing experience
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The Company
What We Do
Clipster is a performance-based creator marketing platform that connects brands with a broad network of creators across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and X. It helps advertisers distribute campaigns and reach audiences at scale, while managing creator outreach, briefing, moderation, payouts, and reporting. Brands pay for verified views or reach, and creators earn according to the measurable value they generate through Clipster.
