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TextNow is redefining how people connect by combining simplicity, intelligence, and accessibility. We’re a team of curious builders using technology to make communication more affordable and powerful for millions of users every day. \nAs a Software Developer - Backend, you won’t just build services-you’ll shape the systems, architecture, and tooling that make them possible. At TextNow, Members of Technical Staff combine leadership and hands-on coding to enable the highest leverage opportunities possible. Being able to operate strategically, as well as diving into the lowest-level details, is a must. You’ll take technical ownership of key backend domains and work across mobile, web, and data to create faster, smarter, more reliable systems. \nAI and automation are at the core of how we build. You’ll use them to accelerate development, improve performance, detect and resolve issues faster, and continuously raise the bar for backend development excellence. \nWe’re hiring Members of Technical Staff across multiple levels (intermediate/senior/staff+). Whether you’re an experienced developer looking to lead complex systems, or an early-career developer eager to grow, we’ll align your title and scope based on experience and impact.\nThis role is about impact at scale. You’ll shape how TextNow builds and operates its backend systems-using AI and automation to make development faster, decisions smarter, and experiences more seamless for millions of users worldwide. \nWhat You'll Do\nDesign, develop, and sustain high-performance, scalable backend services using Go microservices and modern cloud-native tooling. \nLead architectural modernization and modularization to improve scalability, observability, and developer velocity. \nDefine and own the entire lifecycle of your systems: API design, data modeling, deployment (CI/CD), live-traffic monitoring, integration and load testing, telemetry & data analysis, experiment design (A/B tests), and continuous iteration. \nInfluence and evolve our architecture: propose and lead initiatives to decompose monoliths, migrate legacy code, build shared frameworks and reusable service components; evaluate new backend technologies and lead their adoption. \nApply AI-driven tools and automation frameworks to speed up development, code analysis, testing, and reliability. \nLeverage intelligent telemetry, analytics, and optimization pipelines to improve service performance and resilience. \nDefine observability standards, telemetry pipelines, and fault-tolerance strategies for production-grade distributed systems. \nPartner closely with product, mobile, and data teams to deliver seamless, high-quality experiences across all platforms. \nDrive technical discussions, mentor developers, and influence strategic direction across backend and infrastructure domains. \nWho You Are\nA technical leader with the ability to create and lead roadmaps/initiatives that align to high-level business objectives. \nDeep expertise in Go, with additional experience in PHP for legacy systems is a bonus \nProven track record of architecting modular, maintainable, and high-performance microservices. \nStrong background in system design, observability, and performance optimization. \nExperience with AWS, Kubernetes, Argo CD, Protobuf, CI/CD pipelines, and auto-scaling architectures. \nExperience using AI and automation to improve developer velocity, reliability, or system intelligence. \nA collaborative technical leader who thrives in fast-moving environments and mentors others to excel. \nPassionate about building resilient, intelligent, and highly scalable backend systems that serve millions of users. \nYou architect for observability, reliability, and production-readiness: you understand instrumentation, SLOs/SLIs, fault-tolerance, runbooks, incident triage, scalable telemetry pipelines, and production diagnostics for backend systems. \nYou have been a technical leader (not just an individual contributor): you’ve influenced roadmap decisions, contributed to multi-team initiatives, mentored/led developers, driven culture/process improvements, and interfaced with senior developer/product leadership. \nBase Salary Range\nThe expected base salary range for this role is: $136,300 - $273,900 a year\nUnited States (All other areas not listed above): USD $123,900 - $249,000 \nUnited States (NYC, CT, NJ, Seattle, LA, San Diego): USD $136,300 - $273,900 \nUnited States (San Francisco / Bay Area): USD $148,700 - $298,800 \n Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. \nOur goal is to offer a competitive package that reflects the impact and expertise you bring to the team. \nThis posting is for a current, active vacancy.\nMore about TextNow \nOur culture \nWe’re proud of the culture that we’ve built at TextNow, but one of the most common questions we hear is ‘how do you continue to sustain it as the world and the company continues to change?’ The reality is that we’re only able to keep up because each and every TextNovian contributes to our culture through being involved, by living our values, sharing feedback, embracing change and more! \n Our values \nCustomer Obsessed \nWe strive to have a deep understanding of our customers. \nDo Right By Our People \nWe treat each other with fairness, respect, and integrity. \nAccept the Challenge \nWe adopt a \"Yes, We Can\" mindset to achieve ambitious goals. \nAct Like an Owner \nWe treat this company like it's our own... because it is! \nGive a Damn \nWe are deeply committed and passionate about our work and achieving results. \n Our benefits and more \nThis is a brief overview of the benefits that TextNow offers its employees. More complete details can be found in TextNow’s Benefit Guide and legal plan documents, which are available to employees on or shortly after their start date with TextNow. The benefits listed herein are for illustrative purposes only and may change from time-to-time in TextNow’s sole discretion. \nFree phone service \nStrong work life blend \nEmployee stock options \nUnlimited vacation \n12 paid holidays per year \nCompetitive pay \nHealth, dental, and vision benefits \nShort-term & long-term disability \n$750 annual wellness benefit or healthcare spending account \n401(K) matching \nParental leave for eligible employees \nLearning & Development opportunities\nWe travel a few times a year for various team events, company-wide off-sites, and more \nMore information about our total rewards package will be available during the hiring process. \nDogfooding & Customer Obsession \nAt TextNow, every employee gets to actively use our app for calling and texting. Dogfooding helps us experience what customers do, to spot issues early, and drive better design, developer, and user experiences. \nDiversity and Inclusion \nOur aim is to make every person who joins TextNow feel like they belong, that they’re valued, and that they’re able to be their authentic selves at work. \nWe’re all accountable for creating an inclusive culture and a sense of belonging for one another. By doing this together, we’ll make TextNow better for everyone. \nEqual opportunity \nWe are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic. \nApplicants who require reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may contact our Talent Team. \nAI usage: We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. 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