Lead Software Engineer — Backend / Distributed Systems (Rust)

EPAM Systems, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Paid time off

Upskilling and certification courses

LinkedIn Learning access

Global career opportunities

Volunteer opportunities

Employee Groups

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. seeks a Lead Backend/Distributed Systems Engineer to design scalable and highly available services that integrate with distributed storage systems. You will build high-performance Rust components and drive system design for consistency, sharding, replication and fault tolerance.

Expect on-call duties and collaboration across global teams. The role requires strong async/concurrency expertise, experience with gRPC/Thrift interfaces, and cloud-native architecture with service

Qualifications

• 5+ years backend software engineering experience with Rust.
• Proven distributed storage system design or operation experience.
• Strong leadership to guide decisions and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, high-availability backend services that interact with distributed storage systems.
• Build high-performance Rust components and core service functionality.
• Lead system design for distributed storage features including consistency, sharding, replication, and fault tolerance.
• Implement RPC-based service interfaces using gRPC or Apache Thrift.
• Develop concurrent and asynchronous execution models for reliability and throughput.
• Troubleshoot production issues, debug complex failures, and drive root-cause resolution.
• Provide on-call support and improve runbooks and diagnostics.
• Coordinate with global teams and support occasional overlap meetings.

Skills

Rust

Leadership

Distributed storage

Async

Multithreading

Concurrency patterns

gRPC/Thrift

Cloud-native

Service discovery

English B2

Tools

gRPC

Apache Thrift

Linux

Go

Python

Job description

We are seeking a Lead Backend/Distributed Systems Engineer to build and operate high-performance, scalable services that integrate with distributed storage systems. You will lead design and implementation work, improve reliability through troubleshooting and on-call support, and collaborate across global time zones—apply now.ResponsibilitiesDesign scalable, high-availability backend services that interact with distributed storage systemsBuild high-performance Rust components and core service functionalityLead system design for distributed storage features including consistency, sharding, replication, and fault toleranceImplement RPC-based service interfaces using gRPC or Apache ThriftDevelop concurrent and asynchronous execution models for reliability and throughputTroubleshoot production issues, debug complex failures, and drive root-cause resolutionProvide on-call support and improve operational readiness through runbooks and diagnosticsCoordinate with global teams and support occasional early morning or late evening overlap meetingsIntegrate cloud-native capabilities such as service discovery, service mesh, and IPv6 where requiredRequirements5+ years of backend software engineering experience with RustStrong leadership skills to guide technical decisions and mentor engineersProven project experience designing or operating distributed storage systems or componentsAdvanced concurrent programming expertise with async, multithreading, and concurrency patternsStrong RPC systems experience using gRPC or Apache Thrift for service-to-service communicationCloud-native architecture experience with service discovery tools such as Consul or ZooKeeperEnglish proficiency level B2 (Upper-Intermediate) for daily collaboration and documentationNice to haveGo LanguagePythonLinuxSystem design and analysisgRPCWe offerInternational projects with top brandsWork with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peersHealthcare benefitsEmployee financial programsPaid time off and sick leaveUpskilling, reskilling and certification coursesUnlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ coursesGlobal career opportunitiesVolunteer and community involvement opportunitiesEPAM Employee GroupsAward-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn