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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Backend Engineer - Energy Management Platform (all genders) - **Company:** Gridx Inc - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Code Review, Databases, Data Infrastructure, Software Design Documents, Distributed Systems, Protocol Buffers, Redis, Prometheus, Openapi, Datadog, Grafana, Reliability of Systems, Backend, Kubernetes, Vertica, Api Design - **Published:** September 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pmvyssf7ut ## About the Role * Deep backend engineering background with a proven track record of building, scaling, and operating reliable systems in production * Systems thinking with the ability to identify root causes, recognize architectural gaps, and solve underlying problems rather than patching symptoms * Strong autonomy with the ability to turn ambiguous problems into actionable plans and drive them through to completion with minimal guidance * Sound technical judgment with the ability to make pragmatic decisions while considering long-term trade-offs and implications * High ownership mindset with responsibility for taking work from the initial problem statement through production and ongoing operation * Focus on clear API design and documentation as first-class aspects of building maintainable and scalable systems * Experience with Go and its ecosystem, including building and operating production services * Experience with Kubernetes and operating containerized services in production environments * Experience with data infrastructure, including key-value stores such as Redis/Valkey and analytical databases such as ClickHouse or similar technologies * Experience with incident response and post-mortems, with a focus on learning from incidents and improving system reliability over time Nice to have * Mentorship experience with a track record of helping engineers grow through code reviews, design guidance, pairing, and constructive feedback * Experience with energy management systems * Experience in platform/infrastructure engineering where your users are other engineering teams * Experience with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana) * Protobuf and gRPC-gateway experience ## Description * Own features end-to-end: Turn requirements into impactful solutions, taking them from analysis and implementation through testing, observability, and continuous iteration. * Solve problems, not just tickets: Identify technical challenges, shape pragmatic solutions, and drive them all the way from idea to production. * Keep systems reliable: Investigate and resolve complex issues across distributed systems, lead incident response, and turn post-mortems into meaningful improvements. * Build for scale: Continuously improve system stability, performance, and scalability as the fleet grows and complexity increases. * Create clarity: Maintain well-defined API specifications and clear component documentation that make systems easier to understand, use, and evolve. * Shape technical direction: Drive cross-team architectural decisions and help establish scalable, maintainable integration patterns. * Help others grow: Mentor teammates through thoughtful code reviews, pairing, design discussions, and guidance that builds confidence and autonomy. * Enable better decisions: Write clear design documents and RFCs that create alignment and enable effective async decision-making across teams., * Flexible & mobile working: Work remotely for up to 70 days per year from anywhere within the EU & in selected countries outside of the EU. * Vacation: Enjoy 30 vacation days plus 0.5 additional days off on both December 24th and December 31st. * Health & sports: Receive a €30 monthly allowance for Urban Sports Club or EGYM Wellpass and benefit from company health management and mental health support offerings. * Personal development: Access cross-functional coaching, e-learning platforms, and an annual development budget of €1,500. * Employee discounts: Take advantage of exclusive offers through gridX Corporate Benefits. * JobRad: Stay active, commute sustainably, and save with our bike leasing program. * Company pension plan: Benefit from a fair monthly employer contribution to your pension plan. * Mobility support: Receive a €30 monthly subsidy for your public transportation ticket. * Modern workplace: Work from our offices in the hearts of Aachen or Munich with IT equipment of your choice. * Team events & culture: Experience the gridX culture through regular team events and receive an additional €100 budget per employee for department events. * Birthday donation: We'll donate €20 to a charity of your choice on your birthday. * Sabbatical option: Take a break from your daily work routine to pursue personal projects, travel, or further education. *Please note that our benefits may differ for employees working 100% remotely.