Remote Backend Engineer for Scalable, Observability‑Driven Systems

Belto Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Belto Inc. is seeking a fully remote mid-level backend engineer to work with a distributed team on client and internal priorities. You will design and implement backend services, model data for telemetry, and write robust tests to handle real-world failures.

Collaboration with colleagues and clear documentation are essential. The ideal candidate has production backend experience in Go, Python, Rust or TypeScript, strong data modelling skills, and a solid understanding of concurrency, retries,

Qualifications

• Production backend experience in Go, Python, Rust or TypeScript.
• Strong relational data modelling and query skills.
• Understanding of concurrency, retries, idempotency and backpressure.
• Precision in writing and documentation.
• Currently enrolled at, or holding a degree from, Stanford University or Harvard University.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services with explicit, versioned interfaces.
• Model data for telemetry and operational records with retention in mind.
• Write integration tests against real failure conditions, not happy paths.
• Instrument services so operators can diagnose without the author present.
• Review peers work and keep the codebase coherent.

Skills

Backend development

Relational data modelling

Concurrency & retries

Code review & documentation

Education

Stanford/Harvard degree

Tools

Go

Python

Rust

TypeScript

Job description

Belto Inc. is seeking a fully remote mid-level backend engineer to work with a distributed team on client and internal priorities. You will design and implement backend services, model data for telemetry, and write robust tests to handle real-world failures.

Collaboration with colleagues and clear documentation are essential. The ideal candidate has production backend experience in Go, Python, Rust or TypeScript, strong data modelling skills, and a solid understanding of concurrency, retries,