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About the Company

InCommon is hiring on behalf of Podifi. Podifi is a product development company based in Palo Alto that helps startups and enterprises build full-stack applications through lean, AI-augmented teams. Their model blends product, design, and engineering to deliver outcomes—not just output. With their proprietary “Generative Agile” method, Podifi brings speed, clarity, and reliability to the software development process. Teams are structured for velocity and depth, with AI integrated across workflows to support documentation, coding, and decision-making—while keeping humans in control.

About the Role

We're hiring experienced backend engineers who can design and build high-performance systems in Go. You’ll work closely with product and infra teams to shape APIs, architect services, and solve real-world scaling problems. This isn’t just about writing Go — it’s about owning systems end-to-end, thinking in latency budgets, and keeping things simple even when it’s hard. If you’re someone who values clarity, concurrency, and clean interfaces — this might be your kind of team.

Responsibilities

Design and build backend services and APIs using Go
Own large pieces of systems architecture — from shaping the model to rollout
Write clean, testable, idiomatic Go code
Profile, benchmark, and optimize performance bottlenecks
Collaborate with product, design, infra, and frontend teams
Contribute to code reviews, mentoring, and shaping technical culture

Qualifications

3+ years of backend experience,

Required Skills

Strong grasp of concurrency, system design, and performance
Ability to work across API, infra, and DB layers
Familiarity with containers (Docker), cloud (GCP/AWS), and CI/CD workflows
Prior experience with distributed systems or event-driven architectures is a plus
Clear thinking, thoughtful abstractions, and a bias toward shipping

Preferred Skills