Lead Backend Engineer – Remote, Distributed Systems

Bright Vision Technologies; Elk Grove (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer with deep expertise in distributed systems to design, build, and operate large-scale backend services that power mission-critical workloads. The role focuses on scalability, reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices.

The ideal candidate combines strong CS fundamentals with hands-on experience operating distributed systems at scale, and will mentor teams while shaping core platform architecture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Six or more years of professional backend engineering experience with distributed systems.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Scala, or similar.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts, including consensus, replication, and CAP trade-offs.
• Hands-on experience with high-throughput message systems such as Kafka.
• Experience operating systems at scale, including capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with both relational and NoSQL data stores.
• Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and mentorship skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale, high-throughput backend services.
• Architect the core platforms that other engineering teams build on.
• Balance trade-offs between consistency, availability, and latency.

Skills

Distributed systems concepts

Backend engineering

Capacity planning

Performance tuning

SQL/NoSQL databases

Cloud platforms

Debugging & RCA

Communication & mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Istio/Linkerd

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer with deep expertise in distributed systems to design, build, and operate large-scale backend services that power mission-critical workloads. The role focuses on scalability, reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices.

The ideal candidate combines strong CS fundamentals with hands-on experience operating distributed systems at scale, and will mentor teams while shaping core platform architecture.