Software Engineer IV (Backend)

Digital Media Solutions (DMS) is a performance-driven digital marketing company that connects consumers and brands through data, technology, and proprietary media solutions. They are seeking a backend engineer with strong experience in Ruby, Python, or PHP to build and maintain backend services and design clean APIs while growing into Go (Golang).

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain backend services written in Go
• Design and evolve clean, well-documented APIs
• Own services end-to-end: design, implementation, deployment, and monitoring
• Work on high-throughput, revenue-critical workflows
• Collaborate closely with frontend, data, and product partners
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, and retrospectives
• Ramp into Go with support, feedback, and real ownership

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience
• Strong experience in Ruby, Python, or PHP
• Track record of owning production systems
• Solid understanding of databases, schemas, and migrations
• Interest in learning Go and systems-level concepts
• Pragmatic approach to architecture and tradeoffs
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Exposure to Go (production, side projects, or learning)
• Experience in modernizing legacy PHP or monolithic systems
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures
• Experience in data-heavy or high-volume environments
• Prior on-call or operational ownership
• Compliance experience - SOC 2, NIST, Hipaa
• AWS DevOps and infrastructure experience