Job Description
Job Title: Go Backend Engineer ( Ibadan Nigeria )
Location: Ibadan, Nigeria (Hybrid)
Reports to: Founder
About Us
We're on a mission to build a time tracker that people actually love to use.
Forget the slow, bloated, "creepy" surveillance software. We are building the "anti-TimeDoctor"—a tool built on trust and speed. We're a bootstrapped, product-led startup building a lightweight, fast, and beautiful app that helps agencies, lawyers, and freelancers bill their clients accurately.
Our entire backend will be a high-concurrency API built in Go, designed to handle millions of requests from our desktop clients with near-zero latency. We believe performance is a feature, and we're looking for an engineer who feels the same way.
This is a rare opportunity to be one of our first two engineers, architecting the entire backend from the ground up.
What You'll Be Doing
• Build the Core API: You will design, build, and maintain our fast, scalable, and secure API using Go (Golang).
• Handle High Concurrency: This is the core of the job. You will build the services that handle thousands of simultaneous connections from our desktop apps, ensuring every "ping" is processed instantly and efficiently.
• Own the Database: You will design and manage our PostgreSQL database schema, writing efficient, safe queries and ensuring data integrity. (Losing a user's time entry is a mortal sin).
• Manage Authentication & Billing: You'll build the systems for secure user authentication (JWTs, etc.) and integrate with payment processors like Stripe.
• Collaborate & Define: You will work directly with the founder and our frontend (Svelte/Tauri) engineer to define API contracts and shape the product's technical roadmap.
We're Looking for Someone Who:
• Is a Backend Expert: You have proven, professional experience building and shipping high-performance, API-first backends.
• Loves Go (Golang): You have real-world experience writing production-level Go. You're comfortable with goroutines, channels, and building concurrent applications.
• Knows Their Database: You are proficient with PostgreSQL (or a similar relational database) and understand how to write optimized queries and design a scalable schema.
• Is a Self-Starter: You are a disciplined, product-minded engineer who can take an idea, architect a solution, and build it without hand-holding.
• Cares About Reliability: You're the kind of person who thinks about edge cases, writes tests, and believes that a 500ms response time is "slow."
Bonus Points (We'll Be Really Excited If You):
• Have built and scaled an API to handle thousands of requests per second.
• Have experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc.) and Docker.
• You embrace AI tools such as Claude Code + Cursor.
• Have built billing systems with Stripe before.
• Can show us a GitHub profile or personal project you're proud of (especially if it's in Go).
• Have an interest in Svelte or Tauri, just so you know what your frontend counterpart is building.
Why You'll Love Working With Us
• Build From Scratch: No legacy code, no technical debt. You get to architect the entire backend right, the first time.
• A Modern Stack You'll Love: Use the best tools for the job (Go, PostgreSQL, Svelte, Tauri). This is a high-performance stack you can be proud of.
• Massive Impact: You are not a cog in a machine. As a founding engineer, your work will define the technical foundation of the company for the next 10 years.
• Solve Interesting Problems: This isn't just another CRUD app. You'll be solving real, high-concurrency challenges from day one.
• Flexible & Focused Team: We're a small, hybrid team based in Ibadan. No bureaucracy, no pointless meetings. Just building.
How to Apply
• Your CV or a link to your LinkedIn.
• A link to your GitHub or any project you've built in Go.
• Please briefly tell us about the most interesting or challenging backend problem you've ever solved.
