Remote Lead Backend Engineer: Distributed Systems Expert

Bright Vision Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; 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 that power mission-critical workloads. You will architect the core platforms that other engineering teams build on, focusing on scalability, reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices.

The ideal candidate will combine strong fundamentals in computer science with practical, battle-tested experience

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 scalable backend architectures for large-scale workloads.
• Build and operate distributed services with a focus on reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to define core platform requirements and improvements.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to code quality and best practices.
• Navigate trade-offs between consistency, availability, and latency in distributed systems.

Skills

Java

Go

Scala

Distributed systems

Kafka

SQL

NoSQL

Cloud platforms

Performance tuning

Root-cause analysis

Mentorship

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

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 that power mission-critical workloads. You will architect the core platforms that other engineering teams build on, focusing on scalability, reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices.

The ideal candidate will combine strong fundamentals in computer science with practical, battle-tested experience