Senior Backend Engineer

Job Summary

Seeking a skilled Senior Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems) to design, build, and operate large-scale backend services remotely in a full-time capacity, focusing on scalability, reliability, and performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale distributed backend systems using high-performance languages such as Java, Go, or Scala
• Architect data partitioning, replication, and consistency strategies tailored to specific workloads
• Build resilient APIs and event-driven services with strong observability and failure-handling patterns

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 languages
• Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts, including consensus and CAP trade-offs
• Hands-on experience with high-throughput message systems like Kafka and major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)