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Teams are focused on a variety of challenges like helping users find the best communities, creating new engagement loops within the platform and managing a robust payment system used by tens of millions.We have multiple roles available across our Go based software stack, and are looking for engineers who can aid in our goal of helping 1 billion people find community.This is a 100% remote position. Skool has an office in Los Angeles, CA but works as a distributed team.What you'll doSolve technical problems of high scope and complexityTake full ownership designing, developing, testing, deploying, and maintaining Skool backend features, end-to-endBuild and maintain internal tools and infrastructureCommunicate and author architectural designs and requirementsMaintain and advocate for high standards through code review and collaboration between yourself and other engineersWhat we're looking for[Required] You have significant professional experience with GoYou have 8+ years of experience building high-performance, reliable systems in a complex and distributed environmentYou have worked on services using the following: PostgreSQL, Redis, ElasticsearchYou have significant professional experience building and maintaining Web ServicesYou have experience in database performance optimization, backend performance optimization, and debugging live production servicesYou have a passion for writing maintainable and elegant codeWhy join Skool?Over 30M users, 150K communities, $1B in creator revenue + already profitable (!)Fast growing, mission-driven company with a focus on education & communityWe’re a small, collaborative team that likes to have fun while prioritizing balanceRemote first, industry leading compensation, fully covered medical, dental & vision insurance (including dependents), 401(k) matching, and more!NOTE: If applying, please use a PDF for your resume/CV.","company":"Skool","rawCompany":"skool","city":"Millbrae","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-10-07T03:24:45.102Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-1251.00","title":"Computer Programmers","slug":"computer-programmers"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Principal Software Engineer, Backend (Go)","description":"Skool’s engineering team is seeking highly experienced Backend Software Engineers with a passion for developing performant and scalable backend services written in Go. 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