Remote Lead Backend Engineer: Distributed Systems

Bright Vision Technologies; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

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

The ideal candidate has deep distributed systems expertise, strong CS fundamentals, and hands-on experience operating at scale across cloud environments. This role is 100% remote within the U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS or related field.
• 6+ years backend engineering with distributed systems.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Go, or Scala.
• Experience with Kafka and high-throughput data systems.
• Cloud experience with AWS, Azure or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate large-scale backend services powering workloads.
• Architect core platforms with focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with teams to deliver robust distributed systems.

Skills

Distributed systems concepts

SQL skills

Debugging & root-cause analysis

Communication & mentorship

Designing scalable backend systems

Education

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

Tools

Kafka

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

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

The ideal candidate has deep distributed systems expertise, strong CS fundamentals, and hands-on experience operating at scale across cloud environments. This role is 100% remote within the U.S.