Remote Distributed Java & Kafka Backend Engineer

GeorgiaTEK Systems Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GeorgiaTEK Systems Inc. is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join our remote engineering team. You will design, build, and operate backend services handling high-throughput workloads, with Java and Node.js, and integrate with cloud platforms.

You will work on distributed systems, streaming data with Kafka, and deploy services on Kubernetes across AWS and GCP. Collaboration with architects and product teams, plus CI/CD practices, are key to success.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Engineering, CS, or related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong Java experience in backend or distributed systems.
• Hands-on Kafka (producers, consumers, topics, offsets, stream processing).
• Node.js backend development experience.
• Kubernetes deployment and maintenance experience.
• Experience with AWS and/or GCP cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions for CI/CD.
• MongoDB and PostgreSQL schema design and tuning.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture.
• Excellent problem solving and communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain distributed backend services using Java and Node.js.
• Build data pipelines and streaming with Apache Kafka.
• Develop scalable, resilient APIs and backend services.
• Write clean, well-tested code following industry best practices.
• Deploy, monitor, and support applications running on Kubernetes across cloud environments.
• Work closely with architects and product teams on system design.
• Participate in code reviews and operational readiness discussions.
• Troubleshoot production issues across services and infrastructure.
• Prototype new technologies to reduce cost and increase velocity.

Skills

Java backend

Distributed systems

Kafka streaming

API design

CI/CD experience

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

Kafka

Node.js

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

GitHub Actions

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Job description

GeorgiaTEK Systems Inc. is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join our remote engineering team. You will design, build, and operate backend services handling high-throughput workloads, with Java and Node.js, and integrate with cloud platforms.

You will work on distributed systems, streaming data with Kafka, and deploy services on Kubernetes across AWS and GCP. Collaboration with architects and product teams, plus CI/CD practices, are key to success.