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Senior Backend Engineer (Go/Rust)

Xata· Backend
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RemoteFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Senior backend engineer role building core services and infrastructure for Xata's Postgres-based platform, with a focus on data plane and control plane, open-source contributions, and end-to-end ownership.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build core platform capabilities for our Postgres infrastructure.
  • Develop backend services and APIs that power our hosted and self-hosted offerings.
  • Work on database branching, storage systems, replication, lifecycle management, and orchestration.
  • Own projects end-to-end: identify opportunities, propose solutions, implement, deploy, and operate.
  • Contribute to our growing portfolio of open-source projects, including pgroll, pgstream, and other components of the Xata platform.
  • Collaborate closely with engineers across backend, frontend, product, and platform teams.
  • Participate in architecture discussions and technical decision-making.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and help maintain a reliable platform.

Qualifications

  • Significant experience building backend, infrastructure, or distributed systems software in production environments.
  • Strong programming skills in Go, C/C++, Java, or similar languages.
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts (reliability, consistency, concurrency, failure modes).
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure and technologies such as Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Familiarity with PostgreSQL and database systems.
  • Strong written communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a remote environment.

Skills

Required:GoPostgreSQL
Nice to have:RustC/C++

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity.
  • 30 vacation days (plus local public holidays).
  • Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
  • Budget for a co-working space of your choice.
  • Learning budget for conferences, courses, and books.
  • Flexibility, autonomy, and impact from day one.
  • Two company off-sites per year, with partners and children welcome.
  • Significant opportunities for growth, leadership, and career development.
Last updated Sep 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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