diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yml b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
index abc98164..cacba2d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
@@ -73,3 +73,23 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: frontend
         run:
           npm run test
+  backend-lint:
+    name: Backend Lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        modules:
+          - backend
+          - search/pg-indexer
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: 'backend/go.mod'
+      - name: Backend Linting
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
+        with:
+          version: v1.62
+          working-directory: ${{ matrix.modules }}
diff --git a/backend/internal/backend.go b/backend/internal/backend.go
index c3887ad7..ec8464fd 100644
--- a/backend/internal/backend.go
+++ b/backend/internal/backend.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (f ForceRegenerateEntry) MustRegenerateProvider(_ context.Context, addr pro
 	})
 }
 
-func (g GenerateConfig) validate() error {
+func (g GenerateConfig) validate() error { //nolint:unused
 	if g.Name != "" && g.Namespace == "" {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot use name filtering without namespace filtering")
 	}
diff --git a/backend/internal/blocklist/blocklist.go b/backend/internal/blocklist/blocklist.go
index 362cd4c3..2c3f860c 100644
--- a/backend/internal/blocklist/blocklist.go
+++ b/backend/internal/blocklist/blocklist.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func (b *blockListType[T]) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 func (b *blockList) LoadFile(file string) error {
 	blockListContents, err := os.ReadFile(file)
 	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
 
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(blockListContents, &b); err != nil {
diff --git a/backend/internal/indexstorage/bufferedstorage/index.go b/backend/internal/indexstorage/bufferedstorage/index.go
index 2c76eb72..d47f570e 100644
--- a/backend/internal/indexstorage/bufferedstorage/index.go
+++ b/backend/internal/indexstorage/bufferedstorage/index.go
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ func (l *localIndex) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (l *localIndex) trySave(ctx context.Context) error {
-	if time.Now().Sub(l.lastCommitted) < 30*time.Second {
+	if time.Since(l.lastCommitted) < 30*time.Second {
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/backend/internal/providerindex/generator.go b/backend/internal/providerindex/generator.go
index ab7fb159..802540c9 100644
--- a/backend/internal/providerindex/generator.go
+++ b/backend/internal/providerindex/generator.go
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ func (d *documentationGenerator) Generate(ctx context.Context, opts ...Opts) err
 func (d *documentationGenerator) GenerateNamespace(ctx context.Context, namespace string, opts ...Opts) error {
 	d.log.Info(ctx, "Listing all providers in namespace %s...", namespace)
 	providerList, err := d.metadataAPI.ListProvidersByNamespace(ctx, namespace, true)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	d.log.Info(ctx, "Loaded %d providers", len(providerList))
 
diff --git a/backend/internal/providerindex/providerdocsource/scrape_test.go b/backend/internal/providerindex/providerdocsource/scrape_test.go
index 5a96efa9..df989ecd 100644
--- a/backend/internal/providerindex/providerdocsource/scrape_test.go
+++ b/backend/internal/providerindex/providerdocsource/scrape_test.go
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ Manages projects.
 		}
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			doc := &docItem{}
-			s.ExtractFrontmatterPermissively(context.Background(), []byte(tt.input), doc)
+			if err := s.ExtractFrontmatterPermissively(context.Background(), []byte(tt.input), doc); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Failed to extract frontmatter: (%v)", err)
+			}
 
 			if doc.Name != tt.expected.Name {
 				t.Errorf("expected %q, got %q", tt.expected.Name, doc.Name)
diff --git a/backend/internal/providerindex/search.go b/backend/internal/providerindex/search.go
index 9f7a1b6e..f0b11a37 100644
--- a/backend/internal/providerindex/search.go
+++ b/backend/internal/providerindex/search.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func (p providerSearch) indexProviderVersion(ctx context.Context, providerAddr p
 		popularity = providerDetails.UpstreamPopularity
 	}
 	providerItem := searchtypes.IndexItem{
-		ID:          searchtypes.IndexID("providers/" + providerAddr.String()),
+		ID:          searchtypes.IndexID(indexPrefix + "/" + providerAddr.String()),
 		Type:        searchtypes.IndexTypeProvider,
 		Addr:        providerAddr.String(),
 		Version:     string(version),
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (p providerSearch) indexProviderVersion(ctx context.Context, providerAddr p
 		for _, docItem := range item.items {
 			title := docItem.Title
 			if err := p.searchAPI.AddItem(ctx, searchtypes.IndexItem{
-				ID:          searchtypes.IndexID("providers/" + providerAddr.String() + "/" + item.typeName + "s/" + string(docItem.Name)),
+				ID:          searchtypes.IndexID(indexPrefix + "/" + providerAddr.String() + "/" + item.typeName + "s/" + string(docItem.Name)),
 				Type:        item.indexType,
 				Addr:        providerAddr.String(),
 				Version:     string(version),
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (p providerSearch) indexProviderVersion(ctx context.Context, providerAddr p
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p providerSearch) removeProviderVersionFromSearchIndex(ctx context.Context, addr provider.Addr, version provider.VersionNumber) error {
+func (p providerSearch) removeProviderVersionFromSearchIndex(ctx context.Context, addr provider.Addr, version provider.VersionNumber) error { //nolint:unused
 	for _, t := range []searchtypes.IndexType{
 		searchtypes.IndexTypeProvider,
 		searchtypes.IndexTypeProviderResource,
@@ -105,6 +105,6 @@ func (p providerSearch) removeProviderVersionFromSearchIndex(ctx context.Context
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p providerSearch) removeModuleFromSearchIndex(ctx context.Context, addr module.Addr) error {
+func (p providerSearch) removeModuleFromSearchIndex(ctx context.Context, addr module.Addr) error { //nolint:unused
 	return p.searchAPI.RemoveItem(ctx, searchtypes.IndexID(indexPrefix+"/"+addr.String()))
 }
diff --git a/backend/internal/registrycloner/git.go b/backend/internal/registrycloner/git.go
index 1f9408a5..2567add1 100644
--- a/backend/internal/registrycloner/git.go
+++ b/backend/internal/registrycloner/git.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (c cloner) cloneGitRepo(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 // FetchTags fetches the tags for the repository in the specified directory.
-func (c cloner) fetchTags(ctx context.Context) error {
+func (c cloner) fetchTags(ctx context.Context) error { //nolint:unused
 	return c.runGitCommand(ctx, []string{"git", "fetch", "--tags", "--force"}, c.cfg.Directory)
 }