Senior Backend Engineer

Job Summary

Focused on high-throughput platform development, the full-time Senior Backend Engineer will design, build, and operate foundational services that support engineering teams, all in a remote work environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build internal platform services and shared infrastructure with a focus on developer experience
• Architect high-throughput backend platforms capable of sustaining high request volumes with predictable latency
• Develop durable event-processing pipelines and asynchronous job execution platforms to enhance feature delivery speed

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• Six or more years of professional backend or platform engineering experience
• Strong expertise in designing distributed systems with a focus on consistency, availability, and latency
• Advanced proficiency in at least one major backend language such as Java, Go, Scala, Rust, or modern C++
• Deep understanding of high-throughput messaging and event-driven architectures using technologies like Kafka or Pulsar