Senior Backend Engineer (Go)

Stream (Headquarters: Amsterdam (NL), Skopje (Macedonia))

Go Golang Backend Distributed Systems Scalability CockroachDB RocksDB WebRTC Raft Redis API Back End Engineer Staff Engineer

Join Stream, an API leader for chat, video, and feeds, powering apps like Strava and Midjourney for over a billion users. We build high-scale, reusable components using Go, CockroachDB, RocksDB, WebRTC, Raft, and Redis. Our global team of 120+ thrives on innovation and excellence. Visa sponsorship for NL and hybrid/remote (EU) options available. We offer a 10-week Go onboarding program for engineers from other stacks. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will leverage your expertise in Go to design, develop, and scale high-performance backend systems. You will work with our core technologies including CockroachDB, RocksDB, WebRTC, Raft, and Redis, contributing to products that serve millions of users. Responsibilities include writing clean, testable code, participating in code reviews, and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate has significant experience in backend development, a strong understanding of distributed systems, and a passion for tackling high-scale engineering challenges.