Senior Backend Engineer

About the role

Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential. The position is 100% Remote (U.S.), full-time, direct W2. U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply; note that new H-1B visa petitions cannot be sponsored for this role.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale, high-throughput backend services that power mission-critical workloads.
• Architect the core platforms that other engineering teams build on, focusing on scalability, reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices.
• Navigate trade-offs between consistency, availability, and latency in distributed systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Six or more years of professional backend engineering experience, with significant time on distributed systems (7+ years experience required).
• Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Scala, or similar languages.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts, including consensus, replication, and CAP trade-offs.
• Hands‑on experience with high‑throughput message systems such as Kafka.
• Experience operating systems at scale, including capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with both relational and NoSQL data stores.
• Hands‑on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong debugging and root‑cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and mentorship abilities.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes‑based platforms in production.
• Exposure to service‑mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
• Familiarity with chaos engineering practices and tools.
• Open‑source contributions to relevant distributed systems projects.

Pay

Salary range: $100,000–$112,000 annually.