Senior Backend Software Engineer - Distributed Systems
Company: HavocAI
Location: Remote (Remote)
Salary: $175k - $200k per year
Type: Full-time
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-07-08
About this role
# About Us:
Havoc is a leader in all-domain collaborative autonomy. Its software-defined hardware approach powers military and commercial-grade autonomous systems across sea, air, and land to sense, decide, and act together in complex and contested environments. Havoc connects assets, enabling them to share information, adapt in real time, and continue operating even when communications are disrupted or denied. Havoc optimizes mission performance and minimizes human risk.
Havoc was founded in 2024 and headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island. Learn more at [Havoc: All-Domain Collaborative Autonomy](http://havocai.com/) .
## About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to drive the development of scalable, high-performance backend systems that power our autonomous platforms.
In this role, you will be hands-on in architecture and development as a senior individual contributor. You will be responsible for designing and building highly concurrent, distributed systems in Go, helping set technical direction, and ensuring reliable, secure, and performant backend services.
You will work closely with frontend, platform, autonomy, and embedded teams to deliver systems that operate reliably in real-world, mission-critical environments.
This role is ideal for someone who combines deep backend expertise with strong technical judgment and thrives in fast-paced, high-ownership environments.
## Key Responsibilities
### Technical Ownership
- Drive execution and technical excellence across backend projects
- Set engineering standards, conduct code reviews, and guide architectural decisions
- Contribute to backend roadmap and delivery in partnership with product and engineering leadership
- Foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement
### Backend Architecture & Development
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, highly concurrent backend services in Go
- Architect distributed systems that support high throughput, reliability, and r...