Senior Software Engineer, Repository

About Our Client: The organization operates in the open source software sector, addressing the challenge of ensuring secure, hardened, and production-ready builds for widely used open source software. It serves major enterprises and global industry leaders by providing reliable solutions that help these organizations build faster, maintain compliance, and reduce risk. About the Opportunity: The SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER (REPOSITORY) role focuses on leading the architecture and development of core systems within the customer-facing infrastructure that delivers secure open source artifacts. This position is critical for maintaining and expanding the platform that supports package registries, APIs, and production services, ensuring high scale and reliability. The role contributes by enhancing backend infrastructure and shaping the repository experience across various artifact types. Responsibilities: Lead technical direction for key components of the repository platform, including registries and APIs.Design, build, and operate backend services in Go for current and future artifact types.Oversee scalability, reliability, observability, and load testing of production systems.Make technical decisions on repository architecture and operational patterns.Collaborate with engineers to unify and expand repository support for multiple artifact types. Requirements: Minimum 5 years of experience in building and operating production backend or infrastructure systems with demonstrated senior ownership.Strong proficiency in Go or equivalent backend systems experience.Experience with customer-facing infrastructure such as package registries or APIs.Skilled in deploying and managing production services with focus on reliability and performance.Comfortable across application and infrastructure layers, including cloud infrastructure and tools like Terraform.Proactive problem-solving approach with strong systems instincts.Excellent communication and collaboration skills, particularly in remote environments. Pay Range and Compensation Package: Base Salary Range $157,000—$184,000 USD Benefits & Perks: Flexible and remote-first work culture with team meetups, summits, and monthly stipends for coworking and connectivity.Stock options granted at hire and promotion, with opportunities for secondary offerings and extended exercise periods.Full coverage of health, vision, and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents.Unlimited flexible time off to support work-life balance.Paid parental leave of 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, usable flexibly within the first year. Equal Opportunity Statement: Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin. Note: RemoteHunter is a recruitment partner of this role. Please note that all employment decisions, including candidate assessment, interviews, hiring, compensation, and employment terms, are made exclusively by the hiring employer.