As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be taking ownership of one or more product domains, and work closely with product, design, and frontend engineering to deliver impactful features that solve real hiring pain points.

You’ll help shape not just how we build, but what we build — contributing to technical decisions, product direction, and team culture. We value engineers who think in systems, take initiative, and balance speed and quality.

You’ll work with modern, well-supported tech including Go, PostgreSQL, and Google Cloud Platform, and we expect you to be opinionated about architecture, trade-offs, and maintainability.

Your main responsibilities will be:

designing, building and scaling backend services and APIs that power Toggl Hire’s core hiring workflows — including assessments, candidate pipelines, reporting and integrations.
collaborating cross-functionally to identify, scope and deliver high-impact product initiatives — from candidate-facing UX to recruiter dashboards.
designing, breaking down, and completing projects of a medium to large scope with high-level productivity
looking for technical problems of existing system/product without guidance and offering solutions
leading projects with a small group of people, such as hosting weekly meetings, communicating with other partners and stakeholders

Does this sound like you?

We would love to hear from you if you’re a proactive problem-solver who thrives in environments where speed, experimentation, and ownership matter. Your role isn’t limited to coding — you’re part of the product’s journey.

In particular, we are looking for:

Strong backend engineering experience in Go
Significant professional experience with distributed systems, PostgreSQL, and Google Cloud Infrastructure
Experience with software engineering best practices (e.g. unit testing, code reviews, design documentation)
Experience with performance and optimisation problems, particularly at large scale, and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems
Ability to work cross-teams and improve cross-functional relationships which will facilitate ongoing projects
Effective communication skills, ensuring regular consensus with peers and clear status updates.
Strong collaboration skills across the company to define, design, build, and improve the product.
Experience with data warehouse, analytics systems, Kubernetes at scale, and system architecture at scale.
Eagerness to contribute to the engineering team's growth, including interviewing and mentoring junior engineers, and providing precise, actionable feedback to peers.
Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, is required for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment