Senior Backend Engineer (Runtime Team) - Torq

Take part in all development aspects - from design to production - of our high-scale automation runtime Lead the design and implementation of features and architectural changes that keep our platform reliable at massive scale Drive significant cross-team projects and influence decisions beyond your immediate team Lead production incidents and post-mortems, raising the bar for stability and operational excellence Mentor team members, take part in interviews, and help grow the team and its standards Work with modern AI tools (Cursor, Claude Code) as a core part of the workflow - focusing more on design, review, and impact, while maintaining deep understanding and high-quality standards through hands-on code review Experience building scalable backend systems in production environments Proven seniority - someone who can lead a design discussion, present a solution clearly and simply, and explain the "why" behind technical decisions Experience leading meaningful projects end-to-end Experience with production ownership: leading incidents, driving cross-team influence, and improving processes outside of pure coding Track record of mentoring, interviewing, or acting as a go-to engineer on a team Hands-on experience with Go (an advantage) Experience with Cloud infrastructure and services Exposure to CI/CD/DevOps, Kubernetes, Docker, and monitoring technologies Strong testing mindset - considering both automated testing and monitoring to improve team efficiency and reliability of production services Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing, with a passion to mentor, lead, and guide others Extensive Can-Do attitude

Take part in all development aspects - from design to production - of our high-scale automation runtime Lead the design and implementation of features and architectural changes that keep our platform reliable at massive scale Drive significant cross-team projects and influence decisions beyond your immediate team Lead production incidents and post-mortems, raising the bar for stability and operational excellence Mentor team members, take part in interviews, and help grow the team and its standards Work with modern AI tools (Cursor, Claude Code) as a core part of the workflow - focusing more on design, review, and impact, while maintaining deep understanding and high-quality standards through hands-on code review

Take part in all development aspects - from design to production - of our high-scale automation runtime Lead the design and implementation of features and architectural changes that keep our platform reliable at massive scale Drive significant cross-team projects and influence decisions beyond your immediate team Lead production incidents and post-mortems, raising the bar for stability and operational excellence Mentor team members, take part in interviews, and help grow the team and its standards Work with modern AI tools (Cursor, Claude Code) as a core part of the workflow - focusing more on design, review, and impact, while maintaining deep understanding and high-quality standards through hands-on code review Experience building scalable backend systems in production environments Proven seniority - someone who can lead a design discussion, present a solution clearly and simply, and explain the "why" behind technical decisions Experience leading meaningful projects end-to-end Experience with production ownership: leading incidents, driving cross-team influence, and improving processes outside of pure coding Track record of mentoring, interviewing, or acting as a go-to engineer on a team Hands-on experience with Go (an advantage) Experience with Cloud infrastructure and services Exposure to CI/CD/DevOps, Kubernetes, Docker, and monitoring technologies Strong testing mindset - considering both automated testing and monitoring to improve team efficiency and reliability of production services Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing, with a passion to mentor, lead, and guide others Extensive Can-Do attitude