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: * Intro call with recruiter; * Technical interview with Empat team; * 15-minute call with the client; * Technical interview from the client’s side.
