Senior Go Engineer - Blockchain Payments Infrastructure

About the Role

We're hiring a Senior Go Engineer to join Polygon Labs, a leading blockchain payments company. In this remote role, you will play a crucial part in building the Polygon Open Money Stack, a robust infrastructure designed to facilitate instant and reliable financial transactions. As a Senior Go Engineer, you will help shape the future of money movement on the blockchain.

What You'll Do

• Design and implement scalable Go services that support high-throughput financial workloads.
• Build and maintain APIs that integrate across multiple internal services and external financial systems.
• Develop backend systems that handle large datasets with strong performance and reliability requirements.
• Optimize PostgreSQL queries and data models for high-scale production environments.
• Implement caching strategies and performance improvements using technologies such as Redis.
• Contribute to system observability through structured logging, metrics, and monitoring.
• Collaborate closely with frontend and platform teams to deliver a seamless developer and user experience.
• Participate in architectural discussions and make informed trade-offs across system design decisions.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, including 3+ years working with Go in production environments.
• Strong experience designing and building scalable, distributed systems and APIs.
• Deep knowledge of PostgreSQL, including query optimization and working with large datasets.
• Experience with caching strategies and systems such as Redis.
• Proven ability to build systems from scratch and operate independently in fast-paced environments.
• Solid understanding of system design, data flows, and service-to-service integrations.

Nice to Have

• Experience building financial systems, payments infrastructure, or other high-scale transaction platforms.
• Familiarity with developer-facing platforms (APIs, SDKs, dashboards) and developer experience best practices.
• Experience with observability tooling (metrics, logging, monitoring) in production systems.
• Experience with OLAP databases (such as ClickHouse and BigQuery) for business intelligence and analytics.
• Exposure to Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, or GitHub Actions.
• Interest in blockchain technology or financial systems.

What We Offer

• Remote-first global workforce.
• Industry-leading Medical, Dental, and Vision health insurance.
• Company matching 401k with 3% match.
• $1,500 Home Office Set Up Allowance (lifetime max).
• $200 AI Program Allowance.
• $75 Monthly internet or phone reimbursement.
• Flexible Time Off.
• Company issued laptop.
• Egg freezing, mental health, and employee wellness benefits.