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# Principal Software Engineer, Backend (Go)

- **Company:** SKOOL INC.
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Code Review, Software Debugging, Distributed Computing Environment, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, Performance Tuning, Redis, Web Services, Database Performance, Backend
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/nb9bkk5cq4

## About the Role

* [Required] 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

## Description

* 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


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