Sr Backend Engineer - Platform

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

The Sr Backend Engineer – Platform will design and build core backend services for SigNoz's observability platform. You’ll own high‑ownership initiatives from concept through rollout, working on billing, caching, SaaS scalability, and integration tooling in a remote‑first environment.

Role Snapshot

• Senior backend engineer (individual contributor)
• Platform services ownership
• Go language expertise
• Distributed systems design
• Remote‑first, high‑ownership culture

Must-Have Requirements

• Go (golang)
• Concurrency primitives in Go (locks, channels)
• Distributed systems design
• API design and implementation
• Performance optimization
• Ability to write clear technical documentation
• Go development
• Concurrency and performance in Go
• Distributed systems

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Platform team experience (Series B+ startup)
• Observability domain knowledge
• OpenTelemetry familiarity
• ClickHouse, Kafka, Kubernetes exposure
• Founder or product‑building experience
• Platform team work
• Observability tooling
• OpenTelemetry

Work Setup

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

Eligibility Gates

• Visa sponsorship: unknown

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Salary range
• Remote eligibility details
• Education requirement

What You'll Likely Work On

• Design and implement APIs, services, and core backend components in Go
• Build and maintain billing, revenue, caching, and agent collector pipelines
• Create a marketplace of integrations with patterns, templates, and tooling
• Ensure SaaS auto‑scalability and robust ingest paths for petabyte‑scale data
• Drive initiatives end‑to‑end from problem discovery through rollout
• Write clear technical documentation and communicate trade‑offs
• Collaborate with a high‑caliber, remote‑first engineering team

Good Fit If You Have

• Prior platform team experience at Series B+ startups
• Passion for open‑source contributions
• Familiarity with observability stacks (OpenTelemetry, ClickHouse, Kafka, Kubernetes)
• Founder or product‑building mindset