Senior Software Engineer | Remotive
Job Description
At DNSFilter we are making workplaces more secure through protective DNS and advanced content filtering—and we need your help! We’ve come a long way over the past few years. In 2021 we had a successful $30 million Series A funding round, in 2022 we became the fastest DNS security tool on the planet and acquired the privacy-focused VPN Guardian, and in 2023 we extended our Series A by $15M and added more global points of presence to our anycast network!
As we continue our product-fueled growth by adding new features and broadening our solution to meet the needs of the global market, it’s clear there’s a missing piece. That’s where you come in!
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Go development. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work as part of the team building the query processor servicing all the incoming traffic requests. Our query processors serve billions of DNS requests daily, playing a core role in our product.
Eligible candidates have and can work successfully in a remote environment and are familiar with working in a fast-paced hyper-growth SaaS start-up. This is a full-time remote role working with globally distributed teams. It is open to candidates anywhere in the United States and Canada who can work ET hours M-F.
We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If you feel like this job is for you, please apply. We believe diversity of experience and skills, including transferable skills, combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions!
At DNSFilter You Will:
- Be a key member of the Engineering team
- Build, modify and support applications implemented using languages such as Go & Shell.
- You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and ship new features
- You will contribute to the improvement of the development and deployment processes, ensuring that we continuously evolve to be better
- You will demonstrate strong ownership of your projects to their delivery
- Optimize software applications for maximum performance and efficiency, taking advantage of Go’s concurrency capabilities, focusing on scalability and reliability
Requirements:
- 5+ years of recent experience as a Software Engineer developing and maintaining applications in Go
- Experience working at a fast-paced hypergrowth SaaS company
- Developed and maintained robust and scalable software solutions using the Go programming language, focusing on performance and reliability.
- Strong experience and understanding of building highly resilient distributed systems and ensuring they have at least 5 9s uptime
- Experience working with the open telemetry stack, including Prometheus
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals and beyond (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S)
- Experience using Git or other code versioning tools
- Knowledge and experience in all aspects of SDLC
- Working knowledge of AWS and EKS
- Experience working remotely under minimal supervision
- Passion for product quality and attention to details
- A strong commitment to collaborative work in a remote environment
- The ability to keep work hours that overlap with 8 am – 12 pm EST timezone, M-F
Bonus points for:
- Knowledge of other programming languages
- Knowledge of continuous integration systems, including GitHub workflows and Makefiles
- Experience with Kafka, Redis, and Relational databases
We Offer:
- A 100% work-from-home position with a company that values and fosters personal and professional growth
- Pathway to promotion to additional organizational positions and responsibilities based upon results and performance – not just time in the chair. You help us grow, we will help you grow.
- Passionate and intelligent colleagues who work hard and have a good time doing it
- Flexible Fridays
- Paid company-wide week off at the end of each year
- Flexible Vacation policy
- Awesome company swag
- Home office buildout allowance
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits for US, UK, and Canada based employees
- Full short-term disability and life benefits; available long-term disability
- Retirement savings account options with vested company matching for qualifying employees
- In-person annual gatherings. Last time we all spent a week on a beach in Cancun!
DNSFilter is a pay for performance organization, which means there is the opportunity to advance your compensation with performance over time. The hiring base pay is dependent upon many factors such as level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and/or geographic location. As a fully remote company, our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. and global geographic markets. We pay differently based on those defined markets. Our Talent Team can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.
At DNSFilter, we utilize sophisticated software and tools to identify and eliminate Deepfake candidates. This approach helps us maintain the integrity of our hiring process, ensuring that we select the most qualified and genuine individuals to join our team.
