Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Skool is a fast-growing, mission-driven company focused on education and community. They are seeking a highly experienced Backend Software Engineer to develop performant and scalable backend services in Go, collaborating with various stakeholders to design and implement new systems while maintaining existing services.
Responsibilities
- Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity
- Take full ownership designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining Skool backend features, end-to-end
- Build and maintain internal tools and infrastructure
- Communicate and author architectural designs and requirements
- Maintain and advocate for high standards through code review and collaboration between yourself and other engineers
Skills
- You have significant professional experience with Go
- You have 8+ years of experience building high-performance, reliable systems in a complex and distributed environment
- You have worked on services using the following: PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch
- You have significant professional experience building and maintaining Web Services
- You have experience in database performance optimization, backend performance optimization, and debugging live production services
- You have a passion for writing maintainable and elegant code
Benefits
- Remote first
- Industry leading compensation
- Fully covered medical, dental & vision insurance (including dependents)
- 401(k) matching
Company Overview
Skool is a platform where course creators host their student communities and courses in one place. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 11-50 employees. Its website is https://www.skool.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Skool has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 2 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.