Staff Software Engineer, Backend Infrastructure

Thumbtack

22 days ago

Remote, Canada

Staff+

H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$221k - $286k/yr

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end health of Go build and verification pipelines.
Define and implement backend CI/CD failure visibility and debugging workflows.
Improve local backend development workflows to shorten feedback loops.
Establish and enforce Go platform standards and documentation expectations.
Proactively improve shared Go codebases to reduce regression risk.
Partner with Platform Engineering to align backend infrastructure.
Act as a steward for the backend engineering community through forums and mentoring.

Experience owning and improving CI/CD systems for large codebases.
Strong proficiency with Go and familiarity with its workflows.
Experience enhancing developer experience through tooling and workflow design.
Ability to diagnose systemic reliability and performance issues.
Experience in shared ownership environments and establishing platform boundaries.
Ability to deliver high-leverage improvements as an early team member.
Comfort with platform-oriented problems rather than feature-oriented work.