Senior Backend Developer

Description

At Lumigo, we’re on a mission to revolutionize how developers troubleshoot and monitor production systems. As serverless and Kubernetes technologies reshape modern software development, Lumigo leads the charge with a developer-first observability platform that provides instant, code-free distributed tracing—purpose-built for microservices and cloud-native architectures.

Used by hundreds of teams worldwide, Lumigo empowers developers to identify and resolve production issues in minutes by delivering end-to-end, log-free stack traces enriched with full request context—without a single code change.

We’re looking for experienced, driven, and visionary Senior Backend Engineers to help us scale this mission. If you’re excited by building complex distributed systems, solving performance bottlenecks at scale, and working with cutting-edge cloud infrastructure—this is your opportunity to shape the future of observability.

Why Lumigo?

• Work on a cutting-edge product adopted by top engineering teams.
• Join a startup that values impact, autonomy, and collaboration.
• Influence key architectural decisions as part of a high-caliber engineering team.
• Enjoy a flexible hybrid work model and a culture that puts developers first.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical efforts within a critical product vertical, taking ownership from concept to deployment.
• Design and build scalable, resilient backend systems that process and analyze massive volumes of distributed trace data.
• Drive infrastructure innovation and engineering best practices to improve development workflows and system reliability.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, architects, and designers to deliver end-to-end solutions that provide real customer value.

Influence the company’s technical vision and help shape the engineering culture at Lumigo.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in backend development, with a focus on large-scale distributed systems.
• Proven expertise in cloud-native architecture, including CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure management, and production operations.
• Deep understanding of AWS services, including serverless (Lambda, API Gateway), databases (DynamoDB, RDS), and containerized environments.
• Solid experience with Kubernetes and orchestrated deployments.

Track record of leading end-to-end technical projects, collaborating across functions in an agile environment.

Advantages

• Familiarity with OpenTelemetry and other observability standards.
• Contributions to open-source projects or developer tools.

Join us! Send your CV to careers@lumigo.io