Principal Software Engineer, Backend (Go)

Backend Software Engineers with a passion for developing performant and scalable backend services written in Go . You will collaborate with Product Management, Designers, Engineers, and other stakeholders to determine the best way to design and implement new systems. You will also help to maintain and extend existing services.

Skool engineers love to solve hard software problems. Teams are focused on a variety of challenges like helping users find the best communities, creating new engagement loops within the platform and managing a robust payment system used by tens of millions.

We have multiple roles available

across our Go

based software stack, and are looking for engineers who can aid in our goal of helping 1 billion people find community.

This is a 100% remote position. Skool has an office in Los Angeles, CA but works as a distributed team.

What you’ll do

Solve technical problems of high scope and complexity

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

(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

Why join Skool?

Over 30M users, 150K communities, $1B in creator revenue + already profitable (!)

Fast growing, mission-driven company with a focus on education & community

We’re a small, collaborative team that likes to have fun while prioritizing balance

Remote first, industry leading compensation, fully covered medical, dental & vision insurance (including dependents), 401(k) matching, and more!