Staff Backend Engineer - Platform

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

As a Staff Backend Engineer on SigNoz’s Platform team, you’ll design and build high‑performance Go services that power billing, caching, and SaaS scalability for an open‑source observability platform.

Role Snapshot

• Staff Backend Engineer (IC)
• Go backend development
• Distributed systems
• High‑ownership platform work
• Remote‑first environment
• API and service design

Must-Have Requirements

• Go (Golang)
• Concurrency in Go
• Distributed systems design
• API design & implementation
• Go programming
• Concurrency
• Distributed systems

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Open source contributions
• Observability domain experience
• Platform team experience
• OpenTelemetry familiarity
• ClickHouse familiarity
• Kafka familiarity
• Kubernetes familiarity
• Observability domain
• Observability

Work Setup

• Location: India
• Work mode: REMOTE
• Remote scope: UNSPECIFIED
• Employment type: Full-Time

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Salary range
• Relocation
• Notice period
• Travel
• Security clearance
• Coding test
• Portfolio
• GitHub
• Writing sample
• Cover letter

What You'll Likely Work On

• Build and maintain core backend services for billing, caching, and SaaS operations using Go
• Design APIs and platform components that enable auto‑scalability and robust data ingestion at petabyte scale
• Create integration marketplace tooling and templates for the community
• Drive end‑to‑end initiatives from problem discovery through design, implementation, and rollout
• Ensure high performance and concurrency safety across platform services
• Collaborate remotely with a high‑caliber team, writing clear technical documentation and communicating trade‑offs

Good Fit If You Have

• Passion for open‑source and prior contributions to OSS projects
• Experience on platform teams in fast‑growing startups
• Strong written communication and ability to produce clear technical docs