Lead Distributed Systems Engineer – Cloud/Edge SaaS

D-Fend Solutions; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

D-Fend Solutions in the United States is seeking a Lead Technical Anchor to drive the design and implementation of a massive multi-tenant SaaS distributed ecosystem for real-time drone threat intelligence. You will partner with the Principal Architect and lead by example, shaping the platform across Cloud, On-Prem, and Edge.

The role demands hands-on mastery of Node.js/TypeScript, Kubernetes, Docker, and event-driven architectures, plus ownership of the full software lifecycle from development

Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Computer Science from a leading university or elite military tech unit alumnus.
• 7 years total software engineering with at least 5 years backend distributed systems.
• Hands-on with Node.js and TypeScript, strong command of the JS event loop.
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript, Express, and NestJS.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) and microservices.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Principal Architect to translate architectural vision into production reality.
• Design and implement high-throughput distributed systems across Cloud, On-Prem, and Edge layers.
• Write scalable, maintainable code using Node.js, Express, and NestJS.
• Own the software lifecycle from design to deployment and production monitoring.
• Build high-performance backend tasks and BFF layers with REST and gRPC.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

Node.js

Express

NestJS

Distributed Systems

Cloud Native

Event-Driven Design

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

React

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Science

Elite military technology unit alumnus

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Serverless

AWS

Job description

D-Fend Solutions in the United States is seeking a Lead Technical Anchor to drive the design and implementation of a massive multi-tenant SaaS distributed ecosystem for real-time drone threat intelligence. You will partner with the Principal Architect and lead by example, shaping the platform across Cloud, On-Prem, and Edge.

The role demands hands-on mastery of Node.js/TypeScript, Kubernetes, Docker, and event-driven architectures, plus ownership of the full software lifecycle from development