Backend Engineer – Go

About the CompanyInCommon is hiring on behalf of Podifi.Podifi is a product development company based in Palo Alto that helps startups and enterprises build full-stack applications through lean, AI-augmented teams. Their model blends product, design, and engineering to deliver outcomes—not just output. With their proprietary “Generative Agile” method, Podifi brings speed, clarity, and reliability to the software development process. Teams are structured for velocity and depth, with AI integrated across workflows to support documentation, coding, and decision-making—while keeping humans in control.About the RoleWe're hiring experienced backend engineers who can design and build high-performance systems in Go. You’ll work closely with product and infra teams to shape APIs, architect services, and solve real-world scaling problems. This isn’t just about writing Go — it’s about owning systems end-to-end, thinking in latency budgets, and keeping things simple even when it’s hard.If you’re someone who values clarity, concurrency, and clean interfaces — this might be your kind of team.What You'll DoDesign and build backend services and APIs using GoOwn large pieces of systems architecture — from shaping the model to rolloutWrite clean, testable, idiomatic Go codeProfile, benchmark, and optimize performance bottlenecksCollaborate with product, design, infra, and frontend teamsContribute to code reviews, mentoring, and shaping technical cultureWhat We Look For3+ years of backend experience, with at least 2+ years in GoStrong grasp of concurrency, system design, and performanceAbility to work across API, infra, and DB layersFamiliarity with containers (Docker), cloud (GCP/AWS), and CI/CD workflowsPrior experience with distributed systems or event-driven architectures is a plusClear thinking, thoughtful abstractions, and a bias toward shippingNice to HaveExperience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, or similarExposure to observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)Open-source contributions or side projects in Go

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