Senior Backend Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with deep expertise in distributed systems to design, build, and operate large-scale, high-throughput backend services that power mission-critical workloads. In this role you will architect the core platforms that other engineering teams build on, focusing on scalability, reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices. The ideal candidate will combine strong fundamentals in computer science with practical, battle-tested experience operating distributed systems at scale, and will be comfortable navigating the trade-offs between consistency, availability, and latency.

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
• Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Scala, or similar
• 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 skills

Preferred 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

Location & schedule

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; new H-1B visa petitions cannot be sponsored for this position.