Staff Software Engineer - Backend Infrastructure

Thumbtack
Ontario
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 221,000 - 286,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Problem-solving","Reliability focus","Debugging","Collaboration","Mentoring"]

Own the end-to-end health of Thumbtack’s Go backend build and verification pipelines, driving improvements in performance, reliability, and flakiness. Define high-signal backend CI/CD failure visibility and debugging workflows, and enhance local development/iteration to shorten feedback loops. Establish Go platform standards and ownership boundaries, proactively improve shared Go codebases, and partner with Platform Engineering to steward shared infrastructure across the backend engineering community.

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Thumbtack
Thumbtack
6 months ago

Staff Software Engineer - Backend Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Own the end-to-end health of Thumbtack’s Go backend build and verification pipelines, driving improvements in performance, reliability, and flakiness. Define high-signal backend CI/CD failure visibility and debugging workflows, and enhance local development/iteration to shorten feedback loops. Establish Go platform standards and ownership boundaries, proactively improve shared Go codebases, and partner with Platform Engineering to steward shared infrastructure across the backend engineering community.
Location: Ontario
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own end-to-end health of Go build and verification pipelines, including performance, reliability, and flakiness reduction.
  • •Define and implement consistent backend CI/CD failure visibility and debugging workflows.
  • •Improve local backend development and iteration workflows to shorten feedback loops and reduce reliance on staging deploys.
  • •Establish and enforce Go platform standards, ownership boundaries, and baseline documentation expectations for long-term codebase health.
  • •Proactively improve shared Go codebases and steward the backend engineering community through forums, feedback collection, mentoring, and code reviews.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 221,000 - 286,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Experience owning and improving CI/CD systems for large, shared codebases.
  • •Strong proficiency with Go and familiarity with Go build, test, and verification workflows.
  • •Experience improving developer experience through tooling, workflow design, or platform standards.
  • •Ability to diagnose and address systemic reliability and performance issues in infrastructure systems.
  • •Experience working in shared ownership environments and establishing clear platform boundaries.
Experience:Platform engineering
Skills:Problem-solvingReliability focusDebuggingCollaborationMentoring
Tech Stack:GoCI/CDCI pipelines

Company Brief

Thumbtack
Provides an online marketplace connecting local service professionals (home improvement, events, lessons, and more) with customers seeking quotes, reviews, and booking tools to hire vetted contractors and providers.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2008
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