🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll lead a hands-on role designing and building highly available distributed services in Golang for a VPN platform serving millions of users. With 70% of your time writing code, you'll set technical direction and mentor engineers. This role offers the chance to solve real customer problems in cybersecurity at a fast-growing, well-funded company.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Define and evolve the architecture of the backend platform
• Design and build highly available distributed services in Golang
• Lead code reviews and champion testing discipline
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams

📋 Requirements

• 8+ years of backend engineering architecture experience with 5+ years in Golang
• Proven track record designing and operating distributed systems at scale
• Deep understanding of network protocols (IP, TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS)
• Hands-on experience with VPN protocols (WireGuard, OpenVPN, IPsec)

✨ Nice to Have

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Network performance tuning and optimization experience
• Knowledge of Python and Java

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 💰 Competitive pay ($250k-$275k)
• 🏥 Generous health and wellness benefits
• 🏦 Retirement savings plans
• 👶 Parental leave

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks · AI estimate

1. 1Recruiter Call· 30 min
2. 2Technical Interview· 60 min
3. 3System Design Interview· 60 min
4. 4Offer· N/A

🚩 Heads Up

• Role requires 70% coding but title is 'Architect' with heavy leadership expectations
• Mentions 'hands-on' but also requires setting technical direction, potentially conflicting priorities