Calliere

Role Description This is a remote position. We're looking for a backend-focused software engineer who is passionate about building secure, scalable infrastructure from the ground up. - Join a small, senior team at the early stages of building a product from scratch - Convert product requirements into thorough technical design documentation - Architect and implement backend services built to handle enterprise-scale demand - Design systems with high availability and fault tolerance in mind - Embed security thinking at every layer — application, API, and infrastructure - Own API design across both public-facing and internal service boundaries, including schema modeling and integration patterns - Work cross-functionally with product and design stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle - Thrive in a remote-first environment using a blend of synchronous video calls and async communication - Stay current with emerging technologies and approach new challenges with genuine curiosity - Take part in engineering hiring by conducting interviews and evaluating candidates Qualifications - Strong working knowledge of Go - Hands-on background with microservices and service-oriented architecture - Comfort writing raw SQL and designing relational database schemas, preferably in Postgres - Practical experience with CI/CD workflows and container orchestration via Kubernetes - Prior work building observability tooling — metrics pipelines, alerting systems, and distributed tracing Requirements - Working knowledge of modern auth protocols such as OAuth 2.0, SAML, OIDC, or WebAuthn (nice to have) - Exposure to corporate IT and security tooling (device management, endpoint protection, etc.) (nice to have) - Experience designing and maintaining audit log systems (nice to have) - Familiarity with regulatory and compliance frameworks (e.g. SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA) (nice to have) - Understanding of PKI infrastructure and certificate management (nice to have) Benefits - Fully remote, with core overlap expected during North American business hours - Twice-yearly in-person team gatherings - Flexible, open vacation policy — with a genuine expectation that you use at least two weeks annually - 16 company-designated holidays per year, including a winter break period - Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents - 12 weeks of paid parental leave