Backend Infrastructure Engineer - Scalable, Reliable Systems

engineeringjobs.net, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plans

Flexible Spending Accounts

401(k) With Company Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Matching Donations

Flexible Time Away Plan

Family Leave Programs

Equity

Variable/Incentive Compensation

Job summary

engineeringjobs.net, Inc. is seeking a backend-focused engineer in Mountain View to design, build, and operate reliable core infrastructure and foundational services.

You will work across distributed data stores, authentication, event streaming, configuration management, and traffic controls, ensuring performance, observability, and scalability. Collaborate with machine learning, search, product, data, and frontend teams to deliver interdependent projects on deadline while shaping robust

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or a related field is required
• Strong problem-solving and programming fundamentals in at least one backend language
• Knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and distributed architectures is expected
• Experience with RESTful services, concurrency, and cloud platforms is beneficial
• Familiarity with Kafka, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, and Istio is a plus

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate reliable core infrastructure and foundational services
• Partner with ML, search, product, data, and frontend teams to improve observability, reliability, performance, and scalability
• Deliver interdependent projects on deadline

Skills

Backend Programming

Java

Go

Python

C++

Data Structures

Algorithms

Object-Oriented Design

RESTful APIs

Distributed Systems

Concurrency

Networking

Cloud Platforms

Messaging

Containerization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

engineeringjobs.net, Inc. is seeking a backend-focused engineer in Mountain View to design, build, and operate reliable core infrastructure and foundational services.

You will work across distributed data stores, authentication, event streaming, configuration management, and traffic controls, ensuring performance, observability, and scalability. Collaborate with machine learning, search, product, data, and frontend teams to deliver interdependent projects on deadline while shaping robust