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[For Hire] Senior Backend Engineer — Go / AWS / Distributed Systems — Remote
Senior Backend Engineer looking for a remote role with a startup or product company.
8+ years of backend engineering experience, primarily Go + AWS, with most of my career spent at early-stage startups building products from 0→1 and scaling them.
Technical Expertise
- Languages & Databases: Go, PostgreSQL, Redis
- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Backend architecture, Infrastructure
- Systems: Distributed & event-driven systems, High-throughput systems, Performance & scalability
- Development: APIs, queues, background processing
- Emerging Tech: AI/agentic systems and LLM integrations
Professional Highlights
- Previously a first engineer; built the backend from scratch.
- Improved one production system from ~500 → 2,500 req/sec on the same resources.
- Comfortable owning systems from architecture → implementation → deployment → production.
- Built and run my own SaaS product: nichetraffickit.com.
- Built an audience of 140k+ on X/Twitter around AI.
- Heavy user of Claude Code, Codex, and AI-native development workflows.
Role Preferences
I am especially interested in Senior Backend, Founding Engineer, or Backend/AI Infrastructure roles where I can own a meaningful part of the product.
Logistics
- Location: India
- Availability: Remote worldwide / contractor-friendly
- Compensation: ~$6k/month (depending on role/scope)
- Portfolio: sairahul.dev
Resume and LinkedIn profile are available via DM. If you are building something interesting and need someone who can own the backend rather than just pick up tickets, feel free to DM me.