Senior Backend Engineer

Job Summary

Seeking a skilled Senior Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems) to work remotely in a full-time capacity, responsible for designing and implementing large-scale distributed backend systems, optimizing performance, and mentoring mid-level engineers.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale distributed backend systems using Java, Go, Scala, or similar high-performance languages
• Build resilient APIs and event-driven services with strong observability and failure-handling patterns
• Lead technical design discussions and architecture reviews while optimizing systems for latency and throughput

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 replication
• Experience with high-throughput message systems such as Kafka and major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)