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Company

Gametime · 3 days ago

Senior Backend Engineer II (IC4)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$195K/yr - $225K/yr

8+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of high-performance Golang microservices that handle real-time ticket inventory and transactions.

Optimize service performance to ensure sub-second response times, especially during high traffic periods.

Build, test, monitor, and maintain mission-critical integrations and infrastructure.

Develop reliable external and internal APIs supporting up to 1 million RPM.

Collaborate with teams across Product, Design, Data, and engineering to achieve on-time delivery of roadmap features.

Partner with the security team to uphold PCI compliance and integrate fraud prevention measures.

Conduct code reviews, participate in design discussions, and provide mentorship within the engineering team.

Drive the end-to-end execution of projects, from initial concept to production.

Share expertise through tech talks, mentoring, and promoting engineering best practices across the team.

Qualification

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Golang ProficiencyReal-Time SystemsAPI DevelopmentCloud PlatformMessage QueuingDatabase ManagementCoachingPayment Gateway IntegrationsDockerCI/CD ToolsFraud DetectionRate LimitingThrottlingConversion OptimizationA/B TestingCross-Functional Collaboration

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

8+ years in software engineering with 4+ years specifically in Golang, working on high-throughput systems processing $1M+ in daily transactions.

Expertise in developing high-throughput systems using Golang.

Skill in managing concurrent transaction processing for real-time inventory.

Ability to design and maintain high-reliability APIs.

Experience working with AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.

Proficiency with Kafka or RabbitMQ for event-driven architectures.

Strong experience with SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL systems (MongoDB, CouchDB, etc.).

Ability to work seamlessly with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver on shared objectives.

Strong communicator who can convey complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.

Demonstrated experience in mentoring team members and sharing best practices.

Proven ability to lead projects from concept through to production deployment.

Strong decision-making abilities, especially in high-pressure environments.

Proactively identifies potential challenges and implements effective solutions.

Preferred

Familiarity with payment gateway integrations, ticket industry APIs, Docker, CI/CD tools, e-commerce or ticketing platforms.

Expertise in fraud detection, rate limiting, throttling, conversion optimization, and A/B testing.

Company

Gametime

Gametime sells last-minute tickets to the most popular events in sports, music, and theater.

Founded in 2013

San Francisco, California, USA

51-200 employees

http://www.gametime.co

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