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Job description
Job Title: Senior Staff Engineer - Golang
Work Location: Austin, TX
Reports to: Chief Architect
Level: 7
Salary Range: $195,000 - $215,000
About Grocery TV
Grocery TV is a leading in-store retail media platform. Over 120 retailers partner with Grocery TV to modernize stores and drive incremental revenue while delivering a more engaging shopping experience. We manage the complexities of operating an in-store media network, allowing retailers to focus on serving customers. Reaching 1 in 4 Americans across 6,500+ stores, Grocery TV connects brands with shoppers at the moment of decision, where 90% of purchases take place. For more information, visit
About The Role
This engineer will play a critical role in scaling and hardening Grocery TV’s backend systems as the platform continues to grow. This engineer will work across APIs, content delivery pipelines, and media network orchestration services to improve system resiliency, performance, and reliability. Operating at a Senior Staff Engineering level, this role is expected to lead and execute backend initiatives end-to-end, bring strong system design judgment, and translate business and product needs into durable technical solutions. This position partners closely with Product and other Software Engineers to ensure backend systems support both current execution and long-term platform strategy.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain high-scale backend services using Go
Lead implementation of backend projects that improve system reliability, resiliency, and performance
Design and evolve API-first services that support customer-facing and internal applications
Contribute to system architecture and technical design for future initiatives
Partner with Product to scope, plan, and execute backend work aligned with business goals
Identify and remediate performance bottlenecks and reliability risks across distributed systems
Participate in a shared on-call rotation to support production systems
Collaborate closely with other engineers through pairing, design reviews, and code reviews
Drive operational excellence through observability, monitoring, and incident follow-ups
Proactively identify and implement process improvements in software development process
Be a champion for testing. Leading by example through unit and integration testing throughout projects
Requirements / Experience
12+ years of professional software engineering experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
Strong proficiency in Go for building backend services
Experience designing and operating high-scale, high-volume backend systems
Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts and tradeoffs
Experience building API-first services, including customer-facing APIs
Familiarity with system reliability, performance tuning, and fault tolerance strategies
Experience working with relational databases and data stores in production environments
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to reason about complex systems
Interview Process
Introduction to Hiring Manager: Meet with the hiring manager (virtually or in‑person) to share your background, learn about the role, and align on logistics.
Technical Interview Split in 2: Systems Design and Coding. Visit our office for a technical interview that relates to the role. You’ll respond to a prompt, and our team will ask questions to better understand your skillset.
Virtual Values Interview: Meet with two Grocery TV employees who you’ll work cross‑functionally with to discuss team collaboration. This is a perfect opportunity for you to ask us questions, too!
Virtual Leadership Interview: Lastly, all candidates have a final interview with a member of the leadership team. This conversation gives you the opportunity to reflect on the interview process and affirm this is the right role for you.
Why Grocery TV?
100% medical, dental, vision coverage options for employees
$1200 annual HSA match
$1000 annual learning & development budget per employee
Unlimited PTO
12 Week Parental Leave for all new parents
Hybrid working model - 3x a week in office
DoorDash monthly lunch stipend
One $500 Work from home set up stipend
Awards & Recognition
2026 Built In Best Of Awards
2026 Best Place for Parents
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