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Senior Backend Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Thu, May 28, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Seeking a skilled Senior Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems) for a full-time remote position, responsible for designing and operating large-scale backend services, focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance in distributed systems.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and implement large-scale distributed backend systems using Java, Go, Scala, or similar languages
  • Architect data partitioning, replication, and consistency strategies tailored to workload requirements
  • Build resilient APIs and event-driven services, ensuring strong observability and performance optimization
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Six or more years of professional backend engineering experience, particularly with distributed systems
  • Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Scala, or similar high-performance languages
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts, including consensus and replication
  • Hands-on experience with high-throughput message systems such as Kafka

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