Remote Lead Backend Engineer, Distributed Systems

Bright Vision Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 359,000 - 486,000; Full time

Job summary

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

The ideal candidate will blend strong computer science fundamentals with hands-on experience running distributed systems at scale,

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 build on.
• Focus on scalability, reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices.
• Balance consistency, availability, and latency in distributed systems.

Skills

Java

Go

Scala

Distributed systems

Kafka

SQL

Cloud platforms

Debugging

Communication

Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Job description

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

The ideal candidate will blend strong computer science fundamentals with hands-on experience running distributed systems at scale,