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[Remote] Principal Software Engineer, Backend (Go)

Work from home Full-time role Hiring

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Skool is a fast-growing, mission-driven company focused on education and community. They are seeking a highly experienced Backend Software Engineer to develop performant and scalable backend services in Go, collaborating with various stakeholders to design and implement new systems while maintaining existing services.

Responsibilities

  • Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity
  • Take full ownership designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining Skool backend features, end-to-end
  • Build and maintain internal tools and infrastructure
  • Communicate and author architectural designs and requirements
  • Maintain and advocate for high standards through code review and collaboration between yourself and other engineers

Skills

  • You have significant professional experience with Go
  • You have 8+ years of experience building high-performance, reliable systems in a complex and distributed environment
  • You have worked on services using the following: PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch
  • You have significant professional experience building and maintaining Web Services
  • You have experience in database performance optimization, backend performance optimization, and debugging live production services
  • You have a passion for writing maintainable and elegant code

Benefits

  • Remote first
  • Industry leading compensation
  • Fully covered medical, dental & vision insurance (including dependents)
  • 401(k) matching

Company Overview

  • Skool is a platform where course creators host their student communities and courses in one place. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.skool.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Skool has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 2 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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