Still-hot P0. Go backend at scale. Strong Apply.

Still-hot P0. Agency hire; ~Nov 2026 start. Strong Apply with Kafka gap noted.

Still-hot P0. Staff API Platform — live on Ashby.

Still-hot SigNoz Core (Alerts) P0.

Same SE2 Managed Gateways role under refreshed Ashby listing ID (replaces older 1ad3f9b8… if stale).

Still-hot Users Infrastructure P0. (Separate Weave Senior Backend listing closed this pass.)

• Staff Backend Engineer - Platform — 85
• Sr Backend Engineer - Platform — 84

Skill-strong but parked for five-day office. Rippling listing still live.

• GitLab Staff Backend (Go), Events Platform → Closed (was P0 86, GH 404)
• DigitalOcean Compute / IAM / KMS → Closed (confirmed)
• Okta Staff PAM → Closed
• Weave Senior Backend (a3e29e60…) → Closed (Users Infra P0 still live)
• Kong SE2 Ashby listing ID refreshed (same role)

New P1. Go-primary Bangalore; distributed systems + K8s. Operators/LLM-serving gap noted in hunt.

New P1. Go and Python; multi-tenant K8s; queues (Kafka/NATS/…). Kafka gap if pursued — never claim on portfolio.

Quiet P0 day: No new ≥85 lifestyle-OK roles; pipeline still anchored by Cyberhaven / Pragmatike / Sarvam / SigNoz / Weave / Kong.

Kafka rule: Preference noted where JDs require messaging — never claimed on portfolio.

Mode: Report-only. Decide pursue/skip before any apply.