Senior Software Engineer – Backend / Distributed Systems

EPAM Systems; Argentina; Presencial; ARS 1.800.000 - 2.800.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Healthcare benefits

Financial programs

Paid time off

Upskilling

Learning library access

Global career opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

Employee groups

Awards recognition

Descripción de la vacante

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Backend/Distributed Systems Engineer to design and operate high-performance services that integrate with distributed storage at scale. You will build scalable, reliable components, implement concurrency, and work across global teams.

You will develop Rust services end-to-end, apply advanced system design principles, and help maintain operational excellence through automation and on-call support.

Formación

• 3+ years of Rust backend engineering experience.
• Experience with C/C++, understanding of low-level systems.
• Strong distributed storage systems experience designing or operating components.
• Strong concurrency skills with async patterns and multithreading.
• Experience with RPC services using gRPC or Apache Thrift.
• Cloud-native architecture experience with service discovery and service mesh concepts.
• Solid data structures and algorithms knowledge for system-level problems.
• System design skills for scalable, distributed backends.
• Proven troubleshooting skills for production issues.
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2).
• Clear communication to collaborate across teams.

Responsabilidades

• Design scalable backend services that integrate with multiple storage systems.
• Build high-performance distributed components with reliability and correctness.
• Develop and maintain Rust services across the full lifecycle from design to production.
• Implement concurrency models using async programming and multithreading patterns.
• Create and evolve RPC-based interfaces using gRPC or Apache Thrift.
• Troubleshoot production incidents, debug complex failures, and restore service quickly.
• Provide on-call support and improve operational readiness through runbooks and automation.
• Apply system design and distributed systems principles to consistency, replication, and sharding trade-offs.
• Collaborate across global teams and align on interfaces, SLAs, and rollout plans.

Conocimientos

Rust backend engineering

C/C++ proficiency

Distributed storage systems

Async programming

Multithreading

gRPC/Thrift

Cloud-native architecture

System design

Troubleshooting production issues

English proficiency (B2)

Cross-team communication

Global collaboration across time zones

Herramientas

Go

Python

Java

Linux

Descripción del empleo

We are looking for a Senior Backend/Distributed Systems Engineer to build and operate high-performance services that integrate with distributed storage systems at scale. You will design resilient architectures, solve complex production issues, and collaborate across global time zones.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable backend services that integrate with multiple storage systems
• Build high-performance distributed components with a focus on reliability and correctness
• Develop and maintain Rust services across the full lifecycle from design to production
• Implement concurrency models using async programming and multithreading patterns
• Create and evolve RPC-based interfaces using gRPC or Apache Thrift
• Troubleshoot production incidents, debug complex failures, and restore service quickly
• Provide on-call support and improve operational readiness through runbooks and automation
• Apply system design and distributed systems principles to consistency, replication, and sharding trade-offs
• Collaborate across global teams and align on interfaces, SLAs, and rollout plans

Requirements

• 3+ years of Rust backend engineering experience
• Experience with C/C++, understanding of complex low-level systems
• Strong distributed storage systems experience building, designing, or operating storage components
• Strong concurrent programming skills with async patterns and multithreading
• Strong RPC services experience using gRPC or Apache Thrift
• Strong cloud-native architecture experience with service discovery and service mesh concepts
• Strong data structures and algorithms knowledge for system-level problem solving
• Solid system design skills for scalable, distributed, high-availability backends
• Proven troubleshooting skills for debugging production issues
• Flexible collaboration availability for occasional early/late meetings across global time zones
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)
• Clear communication skills to collaborate effectively across teams

Nice to have

• Go Language
• Python
• Java
• Linux
• System design and analysis

We offer

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn