Remote Lead Backend Architect – Distributed Systems

Bright Vision Technologies; Beaverton (OR); Remote; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to design, build, and operate large-scale, high-throughput backend services powering mission-critical workloads. You will architect the core platforms that other teams rely on, emphasizing scalability, reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of backend experience with strong Java, Go, or Scala skills, deep distributed systems knowledge, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL, and cloud platforms

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Six or more years of professional backend engineering experience, with significant time on distributed systems.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Scala, or similar.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts, including consensus, replication, and CAP trade-offs.
• Hands-on experience with high-throughput message systems such as Kafka.
• Experience operating systems at scale, including capacity planning and performance tuning.
• Strong SQL skills and experience with both relational and NoSQL data stores.
• Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and mentorship skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale backend services powering mission-critical workloads.
• Architect core platforms that other engineering teams rely on, focusing on scalability and reliability.
• Balance trade-offs between consistency, availability, and latency.
• Lead and mentor teams through complex technical initiatives across multiple teams.

Skills

Java

Go

Scala

Distributed systems

CAP trade-offs

SQL

NoSQL

Cloud platforms

Debugging & root-cause analysis

Communication & mentorship

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Istio/Linkerd

Chaos engineering tools

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Lead Backend Engineer to design, build, and operate large-scale, high-throughput backend services powering mission-critical workloads. You will architect the core platforms that other teams rely on, emphasizing scalability, reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of backend experience with strong Java, Go, or Scala skills, deep distributed systems knowledge, Kafka, SQL/NoSQL, and cloud platforms