Software Developer, Carrier
TextNow, Inc.2 days ago
Base Salary
$124k - $299k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable backend services using Go microservices and cloud-native tooling.
- Lead architectural modernization, modularization, monolith decomposition, legacy migrations, and adoption of shared frameworks and service components.
- Own backend systems across API design, data modeling, deployment, monitoring, integration and load testing, telemetry, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
- Define observability standards, telemetry pipelines, fault-tolerance strategies, runbooks, and production diagnostics for distributed systems.
- Apply AI-driven tools and automation to improve development velocity, code analysis, testing, reliability, performance, and system intelligence.
- Partner with product, mobile, and data teams to deliver cross-platform experiences.
- Drive technical discussions, lead strategic initiatives, mentor developers, and influence backend and infrastructure direction.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in Go; PHP experience for legacy systems is a bonus.
- Proven experience architecting modular, maintainable, high-performance microservices and distributed systems.
- Strong background in system design, observability, performance optimization, reliability, and production readiness.
- Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Protobuf, CI/CD pipelines, and auto-scaling architectures.
- Experience using AI and automation to improve developer velocity, reliability, or system intelligence.
- Demonstrated technical leadership through roadmap ownership, multi-team initiatives, mentoring or leading developers, process improvements, and collaboration with senior technical and product leadership.
Benefits
- Free phone service, employee stock options, unlimited vacation, and 12 paid holidays per year.
- Health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and long-term disability benefits.
- $750 annual wellness benefit or healthcare spending account and 401(k) matching.
- Parental leave for eligible employees and learning and development opportunities.
- Employees travel a few times per year for team events, company-wide off-sites, and other events.
Tech Stack
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About TextNow, Inc.
TextNow builds a free, app-based wireless phone service that provides calling, texting, and basic data on iOS and Android. Its freemium model combines an ad-supported tier with optional paid plans, and it operates much of its own network infrastructure to keep costs low. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, the privately held company serves millions of users across North America.