What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Backend Software Developer (Golang) position at TextNow?
We believe communication belongs to everyone. We exist to democratize phone service. TextNow is evolving the way the world connects and that's because we're made up of people with curious minds who bring an optimistic, yet critical lens into the work we do. We're the largest provider of free phone service in the nation. And we're just getting started.
Join us in our mission to break down barriers to communication and free the flow of conversation for people everywhere.
TextNow is looking for a Senior Backend Software Developer to join our Core Experience Team. At TextNow, we're on a mission to transform the telecom landscape by building a platform that powers tens of millions of calls and messages every day, driving innovation and delivering exceptional user experiences. Our Core Experiences Team is at the heart of this mission, designing and developing scalable, high-performance backend systems that serve our customers.
In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the backend services that power our high-traffic platform. You'll work with technologies like AWS, Golang, gRPC, Kubernetes, Terraform, and a microservice architecture to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of our systems. Additionally, you'll be working with databases and event streaming platforms to handle high-volume data and real-time communication. Handling tens of millions of calls and messages daily, you'll focus on keeping our platform fast, responsive, and highly available. As a senior developer, you'll also have the opportunity to lead major initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and drive technical innovation within the team.
What You'll Do
- Develop and Maintain Core Backend Services taking responsibility for helping to guide the architecture, design, and implement new & existing microservices
- Maintain a High Bar of Quality for the team, producing readable code, writing testable code, refactoring legacy systems, actively contributing to development standards and cross-team architectural reviews
- Participate in a Rotating On-Call , responsible for service uptime, availability of critical functions, and performing root cause analysis of incidents to identify steps towards lasting remediation
- Foster Growth of fellow team members by mentoring them and nurturing their technical skills, empowering them to become exceptionally practical software Developers
- Organize and communicate the technical details of upcoming projects through our architectural review process
- Collaborate with other backend teams in guiding the development of our shared libraries
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At TextNow, our mission is built around inclusion and offering a service for EVERYONE, in an industry that traditionally only caters to the few who have the means to afford it. We believe that diversity of thought and inclusion of others promotes a greater feeling of belonging and higher levels of engagement. We know that if we work together, we can do amazing things, and that our differences are what make our product and company great.
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