Senior Golang Developer

Full-time, remote | Long-term collaboration | Start: ASAP
Time zone overlap: 9:00 — 15:00 EST

About the project:
We’re building — a scalable, developer-friendly messaging platform covering email, SMS, and RCS; The domain is messaging infrastructure, with a focus on deliverability, speed, and API quality.

Team structure:
You’ll work directly with the Product Manager;
You won’t mentor anyone at first, but we expect you to bring leadership energy and technical ownership;
You’ll collaborate closely with Product, DevOps, and Customer Success.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Architect, design, and implement backend systems using Go.
• Build and maintain high-volume systems serving email, SMS, RCS, and other marketing communications.
• Champion best practices in API design, distributed systems, and messaging reliability.
• Take a technical leadership role: mentoring other engineers, participating in code reviews, and helping set engineering standards.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, DevOps, and Front-end to deliver business-critical features.
• Be a proactive communicator and driving force in team meetings and product planning.

What we expect from you:

• 5+ years of backend experience in Go.
• Deep understanding of REST APIs, gRPC, scalable microservices, and modern backend architecture.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Excellent communication skills — you thrive in meetings, love collaborating, and know how to rally a team.

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience with message deliverability, carrier compliance, or A2P messaging workflows.
• Experience with data streaming and other data tools, Kafka, Airflow, Apache Beam, BigQuery.
• Familiarity with real-time systems, WebSockets, or push notifications.
• Prior startup experience or technical founder background.
• Contributions to open source or tech community presence.
• Experience working with messaging protocols: SMTP, SMPP, Twilio, Mailgun, RCS APIs, or similar.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity;
• Fully remote work with flexible hours;
• High level of autonomy and ownership;
• A fast-moving, transparent team culture;
• Learning & development budget;
• Please note: this position does not include paid vacation or sick leaves.

Interview process:

1. Intro call with recruiter;
2. Technical interview with Empat team;
3. 15-minute call with the client;
4. Technical interview from the client’s side.