Senior Distributed Systems Engineer

Banana Media Network; Manila; On-site; PHP 2,000,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Banana Media Network is seeking a Senior Distributed Systems Engineer to design, build, and operate scalable backend infrastructure for millions of users.

This is a true all-in-one leadership role. You will act as the entire IT department—owning everything from bare-metal hardware, networking, and OS tuning, to software architecture, data analytics, QA automation, security, and project delivery. You are the single point of accountability for the entire technology stack.

Qualifications

• Design and deploy highly available distributed backend systems and microservices.
• Own the entire technology stack and SDLC for the platform.
• Experience at massive scale with millions of concurrent users.
• Ability to lead architecture reviews and drive technical roadmaps.
• Strong focus on performance, reliability, and security.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy highly available distributed backend systems and microservices.
• Build scalable, low-latency APIs using Go, Rust, Java, or TypeScript.
• Design PostgreSQL schemas, replication strategies, and Redis caches.
• Build data pipelines with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATS.
• Architect hybrid infrastructure across on-prem and cloud.
• Deploy and scale containers with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi).
• Tune Linux kernels and hardware for extreme performance.
• Manage full hardware lifecycle and network switches.
• Develop system dashboards and capacity planning tools.
• Establish quality gates within CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Distributed systems

Go

Rust

Java

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kafka

RabbitMQ

NATS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Pulumi

CI/CD

Linux performance tuning

Hardware lifecycle

Data pipelines

Observability

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Pulumi

Job description

Banana Media Network is looking for a Senior Distributed Systems Engineer to design, build, and operate highly scalable backend infrastructure for millions of users.

This is a true all-in-one leadership role. You will act as the entire IT department—owning everything from bare-metal hardware, networking, and OS tuning, to software architecture, data analytics, QA automation, security, and project delivery. You are the single point of accountability for the entire technology stack.

Core Software Engineering & Development:

Design and deploy highly available distributed backend systems and microservices.

Build scalable, low-latency APIs using Go, Rust, Java, or TypeScript.

Design PostgreSQL schemas, replication strategies, and Redis caching layers.

Build high-throughput data pipelines with Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATS.

Write clean, well-documented, production-grade code.

Architect hybrid infrastructure spanning on-premise data centers and public cloud.

Deploy and scale containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes in production.

Implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi).

Tune Linux kernels, I/O schedulers, NUMA, and memory for extreme performance.

Manage the full hardware lifecycle: racking, cabling, provisioning, firmware updates, and decommissioning of enterprise servers (Dell, HPE, Supermicro) and network switches.

Build ETL/ELT pipelines for real-time and batch analytics.

Develop dashboards to track system KPIs, user behavior, and capacity planning.

Implement data quality checks and ensure consistency across distributed storage.

Quality Assurance & Test Engineering (QA):

Build test automation frameworks (unit, integration, end-to-end).

Execute performance, load, and stress testing to validate scalability.

Implement chaos engineering to proactively identify weaknesses.

Manage bug tracking, defect triage, and release validation.

Establish quality gates within the CI/CD pipeline.

Security Engineering (SecOps):

Implement encryption, IAM, RBAC, and TLS/SSL across all layers.

Conduct vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and security audits.

Harden OS, containers, and networks against OWASP and CIS benchmarks.

Design disaster recovery and multi-region failover plans.

Monitor threats, manage patching, and ensure data privacy compliance.

Project Management & Technical Leadership:

Own the full SDLC from requirements gathering to production delivery.

Translate business goals into actionable technical roadmaps.

Manage sprint planning, task prioritization, and resource allocation.

Lead architecture reviews and make strategic technology decisions.

Document system designs, runbooks, and operational procedures.

Serve as primary on-call escalation for critical incidents.

Perform root-cause analysis across application, OS, network, and hardware.

Implement observability, monitoring, and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).

Provide Tier-3 support for user-facing issues requiring code or infrastructure fixes.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience at massive scale with millions of concurrent users.

Proven ability to wear multiple hats in a high-ownership environment.

Deep experience with multi-region or disaster-tolerant architectures.

Familiarity with data center operations: power/cooling, structured cabling, physical security.

Background in eBPF, DPDK, or kernel-level networking for low-latency workloads.

Strong communication skills to explain complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

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