Sr. Backend Engineer (Go)

About Pyyne

Pyyne is a modern technology consultancy engineering the next generation of digital products and services.

At Pyyne, we believe in using technology to unlock business potential, create sustainable growth, and drive forward digital excellence. Our solutions range from advanced Software Engineering, Cloud, and Data & AI solutions.

Job Summary

Pyyne is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with experience in Go and AWS to work as a consultant out of our Brazil or Argentina office. This is a high-impact role for Pyyne as we expand a multi-year partnership with a US consumer food-technology company (smart ovens and meal delivery).

A successful candidate in this role will own Go services on AWS end to end, working closely with the client's engineering manager and a fellow Pyyne engineer on a small team.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain backend services and APIs in Go running on AWS.

• Manage and extend the client's infrastructure as code with Terraform.

• Own features end to end, from design through deployment and monitoring in production.

• Ship small, well-tested changes on a regular cadence and make progress visible to the team and the client.

• Contribute to code reviews and technical decisions within a small team, alongside the client's engineering manager and a fellow Pyyne engineer.

• Troubleshoot and resolve production and CI/CD pipeline issues.

• Communicate trade-offs, risks and status clearly to client stakeholders.

Must Have Skills:

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, primarily on the backend

• 2+ years building and running production services in Go

• Hands-on experience with AWS

• Working experience with Terraform

• Advanced English for daily collaboration with a US-based team

Nice to Have Skills:

• Protobuf

• Jenkins or a similar CI/CD tool

Benefits:

• Flexible remote working environment.

• Career development opportunities in a fast-growing company.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Apply anyway! At our core, we value growth, adaptability, and passion just as much as a checklist of skills. If you are excited about this role and your experience doesn't align perfectly with every tech requirement, we still encourage you to apply. The only non-negotiable for us is fluent English, as you'll be collaborating daily with global teams. If you’ve got the language skills and the drive to learn, you might be exactly who we are looking for to bring a fresh perspective to our team!