Principal Backend Architect: Scale, Reliability, Leadership

kachyng.com; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

kachyng.com is seeking a Senior Backend Architect to shape the architecture of a core platform, guiding how services interact and how critical execution paths behave. The role spans reliability and scalability with influence across engineering teams.

You will define service contracts, set strategies for scaling systems, isolate failures and improve runtime safety, while mentoring senior engineers and communicating architectural decisions to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend or platform engineering experience.
• Experience designing highly available distributed systems.
• Strong communication skills for explaining architecture and tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Define service contracts and reliability patterns for foundational platform components.
• Set technical direction for scaling systems, isolating failures, and improving runtime safety.
• Mentor senior engineers and help strengthen engineering practices across teams.
• Communicate architectural decisions to engineering and executive stakeholders.

Skills

Backend architecture

Distributed systems

Performance optimization

Mentoring

Job description

kachyng.com is seeking a Senior Backend Architect to shape the architecture of a core platform, guiding how services interact and how critical execution paths behave. The role spans reliability and scalability with influence across engineering teams.

You will define service contracts, set strategies for scaling systems, isolate failures and improve runtime safety, while mentoring senior engineers and communicating architectural decisions to stakeholders.