Senior Staff Backend Engineer (Golang)

Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer - Golang Work Location: Austin, TX Reports to: Chief Architect Level: 7 Salary Range: $195,000 - $215,000 About Grocery TV Grocery TV is a leading in-store retail media platform. Over 120 retailers partner with Grocery TV to modernize stores and drive incremental revenue while delivering a more engaging shopping experience. We manage the complexities of operating an in-store media network, allowing retailers to focus on serving customers. Reaching 1 in 4 Americans across 6,500+ stores, Grocery TV connects brands with shoppers at the moment of decision, where 90% of purchases take place. For more information, visit www.grocerytv.com. About The Role This engineer will play a critical role in scaling and hardening Grocery TV's backend systems as the platform continues to grow. This engineer will work across APIs, content delivery pipelines, and media network orchestration services to improve system resiliency, performance, and reliability. Operating at a Senior Staff Engineering level, this role is expected to lead and execute backend initiatives end-to-end, bring strong system design judgment, and translate business and product needs into durable technical solutions. This position partners closely with Product and other Software Engineers to ensure backend systems support both current execution and long-term platform strategy. Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain high-scale backend services using GoLead implementation of backend projects that improve system reliability, resiliency, and performanceDesign and evolve API-first services that support customer-facing and internal applicationsContribute to system architecture and technical design for future initiativesPartner with Product to scope, plan, and execute backend work aligned with business goalsIdentify and remediate performance bottlenecks and reliability risks across distributed systemsParticipate in a shared on-call rotation to support production systemsCollaborate closely with other engineers through pairing, design reviews, and code reviewsDrive operational excellence through observability, monitoring, and incident follow-upsProactively identify and implement process improvements in software development processBe a champion for testing. Leading by example through unit and integration testing throughout projects Requirements / Experience 12+ years of professional software engineering experienceBachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer EngineeringStrong proficiency in Go for building backend servicesExperience designing and operating high-scale, high-volume backend systemsDeep understanding of distributed systems concepts and tradeoffsExperience building API-first services, including customer-facing APIsFamiliarity with system reliability, performance tuning, and fault tolerance strategiesExperience working with relational databases and data stores in production environmentsStrong problem-solving skills and the ability to reason about complex systems Interview Process Apply: We review applications as soon as we can. You should hear back about your application within two weeks. Introduction to Hiring Manager: Meet with the hiring manager (virtually or in-person) to share your background, learn about the role, and align on logistics.Technical Interview Split in 2: Systems Design and Coding. Visit our office for a technical interview that relates to the role. You'll respond to a prompt, and our team will ask questions to better understand your skillset. Virtual Values Interview: Meet with two Grocery TV employees who you'll work cross functionally with to discuss team collaboration. This is a perfect opportunity for you to ask us questions, too! irtual Leadership Interview: Lastly, all candidates have a final interview with a member of the leadership team. This conversation gives you the opportunity to reflect on the interview process and affirm this is the right role for you. Why Grocery TV? 100% medical, dental, vision coverage options for employees $1200 annual HSA match $1000 annual learning & development budget per employee Unlimited PTO 12 Week Parental Leave for all new parents Hybrid working model - 3x a week in office DoorDash monthly lunch stipend One $500 Work from home set up stipend Awards & Recognition 2026 Built In Best Of Awards 2026 Best Place for Parents