Backend Engineer, Durable Distributed Systems

Restate

Northern (KY)

Hybrid

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Restate is building a durable execution runtime and is seeking a Backend / Distributed Systems Engineer to help evolve its infrastructure. You will design and implement core backend and distributed components, focusing on durable execution, state management, storage, messaging, concurrency, fault tolerance, and recovery.

You will work hands-on to design, build, test, and improve software, partnering with engineers using Restate in production.

Qualifications

Strong backend engineering experience building production systems.
Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, or systems with concurrency, state, messaging, and failure handling.
Proficiency in at least one backend language; Rust, Go, Java, or C++ are highly relevant.
Experience designing, building, and operating production software at scale.
Solid understanding of software reliability, performance, and system design.

Responsibilities

Design and implement core backend and distributed systems components.
Build systems that are low-latency, highly reliable, and scalable.
Improve observability, testing, failure handling, and operational reliability.
Work across the boundary between application code and infrastructure when needed.
Collaborate with engineers using Restate to translate production feedback into product improvements.