Senior Backend Engineer (Go)

Location

HQ (Redwood City)

Employment type

FullTime

Department

Research & Development

Compensation

$225K - $243K

About Rundoo ℹ️

Our mission is to empower independent supply stores with best-in-class technology. Think of your local hardware store or mom-and-pop nursery—these are our clients. From paint to lumber to flooring, over 200,000 such stores across the country sell over $1T of building materials annually using outdated, on-premises systems. We’re aiming to help them modernize so that they can continue to thrive.

Backed by leading investors including Bessemer and CRV, we've raised $18M across three rounds and are growing quickly. Our team is made up of builders, sellers, and industry veterans with a shared goal: to bring modern technology to an overlooked industry.

This Role

What you'll achieve with us 🥇

  • You'll make significant individual contributions that get used instantly & heavily by our clients who depend on our software to run their businesses.

  • You'll leverage your orthogonal expertise to introduce abstractions and systems that improve the team's velocity.

  • You'll raise the bar for engineering quality by setting and enforcing standards.

  • You'll mentor teammates to help them grow as architects & engineers.

  • You'll work closely with product & design teammates and our clients to collectively define what we're building.

Requirements ✅

  • You collaborate well with engineering teammates and cross-functionally—especially working through natural tension with designers and product managers.

  • You give positive & constructive in-the-moment feedback to your teammates and enjoy receiving the same.

  • You're excited to work at least a couple days a week in-person at our office in Redwood City.

  • You have worked as a software engineer for 3+ years.

  • You have written production software in Go.

Icing on the cake 🎂

  • You have worked in a fast-paced startup environment.

  • You have familiarity with construction or building materials.

Interview process

  • Intro Chat + Technical Screen (60 min): Getting to know each other and aligning on expectations + working through coding challenges with one of the engineers.

  • System Design Screen (45 min): Designing a system to address an abstract problem with one of the engineers.

  • Onsite @ Redwood City HQ (~5 hours):

    • Walk (45 min): Diving into the business with Nick.

    • System Design (1 hour): Walking through the design of one of your past systems.

    • Lunch (45 min): Breaking bread with the team.

    • Product Collaboration (1 hour): Going back & forth on a PRD with Vidhan.

    • Culture (30 min): Reflecting on past experiences.

    • Coding Skills (1 hour): Tackling algorithmic challenges with one of the engineers.

    • Tech Depth Trivia (30 min): Practical coding & debugging challenges with Andrew.

Meet The Team:

  • Meet the Team
    Engineering

    • Brian – CS & math at NJIT/UC Davis; Google, Snap alum; LoL + fan

      • Luna (Chocolate Lab) – gazes at YB (Nick’s dog)

    • George – Studied computer science and math at Stanford; worked a couple internships at Meta + some startups in Denver; jaywalking ticket recipient 🦹

    • Jordan – Studied computer engineering at Waterloo; did internships at IBM, Rivian, and a couple startups; Played the Saxophone professionally for a while 🎷

    • Matteo – Studied Computer Science at Wilfrid Laurier University; worked at H2 Analytics; loves sailing ⛵️

    • Nolan – Studied Software Engineering at the University of Waterloo; worked at ESPN Bet and H2 Analytics; Captain of the Men’s Varsity Foil Fencing team 🤺

    • Santiago – Studied CE and played varsity soccer at Waterloo: internships at Replicant and other canadian startups

    • Umer – CS at NUS; interned at Visa and a couple of startups in Singapore. Has an identical twin 👯‍♂️

    • Vidya – Studied Computer Science at UC Berkeley; worked at Ironclad for 5 years as a Software Engineer and Engineering Manager; south Indian classical dancer

    • Yen Ning – Studied Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Michigan; previously Amazonian and then Metamate. An amateur violinist from Taiwan that enjoy street dances and like mysteries. Also a coffee enthusiast.

    • Yuval – Studied Computer Science at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, and have worked for companies ranging in size from small 15-person startups to large corporations with tens of thousands of employees.

    Product & Design

    • Noah (Product Designer) – Studied art and computer science at Stanford; worked at several Bay Area-based startups in consumer social; birdwatching enthusiast 🦅

    • Vidhan (Product) – Studied Biomedical Engineering and Econ at Duke University; Formerly Director of Product at BuildZoom, Product lead at Hinge Health, and Co-Founder of Urova Medical.

      • Waffle (Labradoodle) – steals snacks

    • Zach (Design) – Product design at Stanford; worked at several startups before joining Rundoo; award-winning Tahitian dancer

About our founders 🌲

  1. Andrew (CTO): studied computer science & humanities at Stanford; worked as a software engineer and head of engineering at Apple & Anova; danced with the SF ballet (where he met his wife)! 🩰

  2. Nick (CEO): studied math & computer science at Stanford; worked as a trader at Bridgewater & Citadel and as a PM at Google & Enigma; distantly related to the founder of the Hershey company 🍫

How we've fundraised 💰

We've raised $18m across three rounds:

  1. A $2m pre-seed led by Kent Bennett at Bessemer with participation from Plug & Play, Quiet Capital, and Sequoia.

  2. A $5m seed led by Caitlin Bolnick Rellas at CRV.

  3. An $11m series A led again by Bessemer and CRV.

Benefits 🏋️

  • Full medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% of premiums for you, 50% for dependents)

  • 401k with Betterment

  • Unlimited PTO with 10 company paid holidays

  • Daily team lunches for those in office

  • Learning materials and audiobook subscriptions

  • Dog-friendly office