Senior Backend Engineer

Job Summary

Seeking a skilled Senior Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems) to work full-time remotely, responsible for designing and implementing large-scale distributed backend systems, optimizing performance, and leading architecture discussions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement large-scale distributed backend systems using high-performance languages like Java, Go, or Scala
• Architect data partitioning, replication, and consistency strategies tailored to workload requirements
• Build resilient APIs and event-driven services while optimizing systems for latency, throughput, and cost

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
• Hands-on experience with high-throughput message systems like Kafka and major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)