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# Senior Software Engineer - Backend

- **Company:** GoDaddy
- **Location:** Tempe, AZ, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $133,000.0 - $231,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Configuration Management Databases, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Github, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Open Source Technology, Scrum Methodology, Next.js, Vault (Revision Control System), Management of Software Versions, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Godaddy, Caching, Backend, Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Integration Tests, AWS Fargate, Terraform, Servicenow
- **Published:** September 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ee472d6446b8f34e

## About the Role

* Backend engineering with Node.js / TypeScript and experience designing APIs (REST, versioning, contracts)
 * Experience building on AWS (ECS/Fargate, DynamoDB, RDS/Aurora, IAM)
 * Full-stack development using React / Next.js
 * Solid distributed systems fundamentals (data modeling, caching, consistency, system design)
 * CI/CD and testing best practices (GitHub Actions, unit/integration testing)
 * Comfort working in Scrum, with a genuine interest in improving both the product and the process
 * Curiosity about AI tooling and a habit of integrating it into your daily workflow

You Might Also Have...

 * Experience with an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) or developer tooling ecosystem
 * Familiarity with LLM/AI integrations, agentic workflows, or prompt engineering
 * Exposure to ServiceNow / CMDB or enterprise metadata systems
 * Infrastructure-as-code experience (CDK, Terraform, or CloudFormation)
 * Knowledge of security and secrets management (Vault, IAM, compliance practices)
 * Contributions to internal open source or technology working groups

We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn't align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.

## Description

* Design, build, and ship platform services and features used by 1,000+ engineers
 * Contribute to the design of high-scale APIs, infrastructure orchestration, and metadata systems
 * Build AI-powered developer tooling, including chat-based and agentic workflows
 * Partner with infrastructure, security, and platform teams to integrate core capabilities
 * Own the components you build in production - performance, reliability, debugging complex production issues, and on-call rotation
 * Independently spot problem areas in your area of responsibility and proactively fix them
 * Champion testing practices and raise the quality bar with your teammates


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