Senior Backend Software Engineer – Distributed Systems

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 110.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced backend engineer in Germany to drive the design, development, and operation of scalable Go-based services. You will lead standards, reviews, and architectural decisions for distributed systems across multi-zone deployments.

This role requires deep expertise in concurrency, API design, and performance optimization, with strong collaboration across product, platform, and frontend teams.

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years of experience in backend engineering or distributed systems.
• Strong Go expertise and experience building highly concurrent systems.
• Experience designing and operating highly available, fault-tolerant distributed systems at scale.
• Experience with consensus and coordination primitives (etcd, Raft, leader election) for multi-zone deployments.
• Strong API design and system architecture skills.
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Deep understanding of performance optimization, data structures, and system design.
• Ability to drive projects from concept through production.
• Strong technical judgment and ability to operate independently in fast-moving environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Aufgaben

• Drive execution and technical excellence across backend projects.
• Set engineering standards, conduct code reviews, and guide architectural decisions.
• Contribute to backend roadmap and delivery with leadership.
• Foster ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services in Go.
• Architect distributed systems for high throughput and reliability.
• Define service boundaries, APIs, and data models.
• Ensure high availability and fault tolerance across zones.
• Improve observability and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with frontend, platform, autonomy, and embedded teams.

Kenntnisse

Go programming

Distributed systems

API design

Kubernetes

Concurrency management

Security practices

Tools

Etcd

Raft

Leader election

Jobbeschreibung

Responsibilities

• Drive execution and technical excellence across backend projects
• Set engineering standards, conduct code reviews, and guide architectural decisions
• Contribute to backend roadmap and delivery in partnership with product and engineering leadership
• Foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement
• Design, build, and maintain scalable, highly concurrent backend services in Go
• Architect distributed systems that support high throughput, reliability, and real‑time operations
• Define service boundaries, APIs, and data models across systems
• Design services for high availability and fault tolerance across availability zones
• Evolve singleton services into multi‑zone, distributed deployments
• Optimize backend systems for performance, scalability, and resilience
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks in distributed systems and concurrency‑heavy workloads
• Ensure systems meet high standards for uptime and operational reliability
• Improve observability, maintainability, and operational readiness of backend services
• Partner with frontend, platform, autonomy, and embedded teams to integrate services across applications and devices
• Support end‑to‑end system design from edge devices to cloud infrastructure
• Contribute to system‑level architecture across the stack
• Help align backend capabilities with product, platform, and mission needs
• Enforce secure development practices across backend systems
• Maintain high standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and reliability
• Support technical reviews, design discussions, and production readiness efforts
• Build systems with security, scalability, and long‑term maintainability in mind

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in backend engineering, distributed systems engineering, or related software engineering roles
• Strong expertise in Go and building highly concurrent systems
• Experience designing and operating highly available, fault‑tolerant distributed systems at scale
• Experience with consensus and coordination primitives, such as etcd, Raft, leader election, or similar patterns for multi‑zone deployments
• Strong API design and system architecture skills
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments
• Deep understanding of performance optimization, data structures, and system design
• Ability to drive projects from concept through production
• Strong technical judgment and ability to operate independently in fast‑moving environments
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in backend engineering with a focus on building scalable, highly available, and fault‑tolerant distributed systems using Go. Proficient in API design, system architecture, and performance optimization while fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement.

Highest‑signal resume keywords

• Backend Engineering
• Go Programming
• Distributed Systems Architecture
• Kubernetes
• API Design

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Backend Engineering
• Go Programming
• Distributed Systems Engineering
• Performance Optimization
• API Design
• System Architecture
• Fault‑Tolerant Systems
• Concurrency Management
• Data Structures
• Security Practices

Soft Skills

• Technical Judgment
• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication

Industry Keywords

• High Availability
• Scalability
• Operational Reliability
• Continuous Improvement
• System Design

Tools & Technologies

• Kubernetes
• Etcd
• Raft