Staff Backend Engineer

Future

WorldwideFully remoteFull TimeSenior, Lead, ManagerInformation Technology
USD 200,000–230,000 a yearPosted 2mo ago

Why we think you can apply

Hiring model
Open worldwide · the employer states no country restriction
Work from
Anywhere, the UAE included

Posted 2 months ago · apply link checked 59 minutes ago

About the role

About the Company

Future is building a personalized guidance system for lifelong health. We help people understand what to do next for their body, goals, and stage of life — then support them in turning those decisions into sustained behavior change by combining AI, human expertise, personal health data, and accountability.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and test APIs for new products, features, and services
  • Maintain and optimize existing systems, with emphasis on database-related performance
  • Collaborate with other engineers across the stack as well as cross-functional stakeholders
  • Keep up to date with the latest technologies and industry best practices
  • Serve as an on-call engineer approximately one week per month to triage incoming issues

Requirements

  • 8+ years of production development experience in backend/API
  • Strong knowledge of Go, AWS, Docker (ECS), and Postgres (RDS)
  • Experience managing Docker-based microservice architecture
  • Proven ability to employ software quality measures like unit/integration testing and monitoring
  • Experience working in a fast-moving startup environment
  • Strong product thinking and user experience focus

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working with ETL
  • Keen intuition for optimized database performance

Benefits

  • Salary range of $200,000 - $230,000 per year plus equity
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and disability insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Flexible Paid Time Off
  • Free Future Membership
  • Monthly health, wellness, and fitness stipend
  • Annual learning and development stipend

What we look for

  • 8+ years backend/API experience
  • Go
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Postgres
  • Microservices
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