Going is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Travel Systems) to join our Travel team. You will play a key role in architecting and scaling the backend systems that power flight deal discovery, data ingestion, inventory search, booking systems, and more. This role blends deep technical ownership with cross-team collaboration, mentorship, and hands-on contributions.

What You'll Do

Ramp up on Going’s backend services, architecture, codebase, and deployment pipelines.
Contribute to core travel systems including APIs, GDS integrations, and async workflows.
Lead development of backend features in collaboration with product, data, and mobile/web engineers.
Propose and implement performance, reliability, or maintainability improvements in existing services.
Pair with and mentor engineers across the team to share best practices and raise technical quality.
Help shape the future of our system design through thoughtful, pragmatic engineering contributions.
Own and evolve core components of our backend architecture, especially around travel systems integrations.
Lead greenfield development of scalable systems that support Going’s backend and data capabilities.
Drive improvements in service observability, fault tolerance, performance, and data integrity.
Collaborate with other engineering leaders to shape technical strategy, service boundaries, and system evolution.
Mentor engineers and champion engineering best practices in design, testing, documentation, and incident response.
Influence engineering-wide standards, helping us scale while maintaining technical excellence and joy of development.

What We're Looking For

8+ years of backend engineering experience in high-scale, distributed systems.
Proficiency in both statically and dynamically typed programming languages (e.g., Go and Python/Ruby).
Strong knowledge of Linux-based systems, system debugging, and operational fundamentals.
Deep experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred), caching (Redis), and async job queues (e.g., Sidekiq, Celery).
Experience working with APMs and observability tooling (e.g., Datadog, New Relic).
Clear, empathetic communication skills and ability to work collaboratively with engineers, product managers, and designers.
You’re able to work US hours, and you’re legally authorized to work in the United States.

Nice to Have

MS/MA in Computer Science or related engineering field.
Extensive Golang experience, especially with protobuf and gRPC.
Familiarity with modern backend architecture patterns including service decomposition, event-driven systems, and data pipelines.
Experience modernizing or refactoring legacy codebases in high-availability systems.
Exposure to travel technology platforms or GDS systems is a plus.

Technical Stack

Languages: Golang (protobuf + gRPC)
Databases & Caching: PostgreSQL, Redis
Data Platforms: Apache Iceberg, Starburst Galaxy, Databricks
Frontend: Next.js, React Native
Infrastructure & Tools: GitHub, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Datadog
Collaboration: Notion, Jira

Benefits & Compensation

Compensation: $160,000 + equity
Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance
401(k) with a 5% match
100% remote work environment
Annual team retreats
Open vacation policy, with a 15-day minimum
$750/quarter remote work, wellness, and wisdom stipend
Up to 12 weeks of paid family leave
Meetup stipend when you cross paths with a co-worker
Continuing education & development reimbursement

Work Mode

This is a fully remote position open to candidates located in the United States.

We accept you for who you are and consider everyone on an equal opportunity basis without regard to ancestry; age; appearance; color; gender identity and/or expression; genetics; family or parental status; marital, civil union, or domestic partnership status; mental, physical, or sensory disability; national, social or ethnic origin; past or present military service; sexual orientation; socioeconomic status; race; religion or belief; hair length; organ donor status. Going is an E-Verify employer.