Senior Backend Engineer (Go)
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to lumber to flooring, over 200,000 such stores across the country sell over $1T of building materials annually using outdated, on-premises systems.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
EngineeringBrian – 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 🌲
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)! 🩰
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:
A $2m pre-seed led by Kent Bennett at Bessemer with participation from Plug & Play, Quiet Capital, and Sequoia.
A $5m seed led by Caitlin Bolnick Rellas at CRV.
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