Backend Developer; Golang Job New York New York USA,Software Development

Position: Backend Developer (Golang)
Location: New York

We’re looking for a Golang Developer to build and maintain reliable backend services across cloud and edge environments. The role involves working on distributed services, networking, concurrency, real‑time communication, and device connectivity, with a focus on strong engineering fundamentals, problem-solving, understanding complex systems, and building reliable backend solutions.

What You’ll Do:

Design and develop production services in Go.
Build APIs and services that communicate across cloud and edge environments.
Work with long‑lived connections, concurrency, and real‑time communication.
Handle unreliable networks, connection failures, retries, and reconnections.
Improve service reliability, performance, and resource utilisation.
Debug production issues using logs, metrics, and profiling.
Contribute to system design and architectural discussions.
Write maintainable, well‑tested, and idiomatic Go.
Participate in code reviews and improve engineering practices.

What We’re Looking For:

2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Production experience with Go, or strong backend experience with the ability to quickly become productive in Go.
Good understanding of Go concurrency — go routines, channels, mutexes, and context.
Good networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, TCP vs. UDP, DNS, TLS, timeouts, retries, and connection management, along with a basic understanding of NAT, latency, and packet loss.
Understanding of backend and distributed systems concepts.
Experience building and debugging production services.
Good understanding of software design and modular architecture.
Experience with Linux, Git, and CI/CD.
Familiarity with databases and APIs.

Good to Have

Experience with Web Sockets or other real‑time communication technologies.
Familiarity with NATS, RabbitMQ, or similar messaging systems.
Experience with Docker/Kubernetes.
Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, or similar monitoring tools.
Exposure to edge or IoT systems.
Experience working on networking‑heavy applications.
Exposure to video streaming or media systems.
Familiarity with RTSP, WebRTC, HLS, or RTMP.
Experience with FFmpeg, GStreamer, or MediaMTX.

How We Work:

We use Microsoft Teams for daily communication, including standups and team meetings.
Our culture values open discussion, ownership, and a founder’s mindset.
We prioritize exceptional design, UI/UX, thorough documentation, clear to‑do lists, and data‑driven decision‑making.
Team bonding is encouraged through bi‑monthly townhalls, destressing sessions with a certified healer, and biannual company retreats.
We offer a fully remote workplace, comprehensive health insurance, attractive equity options for top performers, mental health consultations, company‑sponsored upskilling courses, designated growth hours, 40 hours annually for community causes, and access to a financial advisor.

Wobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer.