Senior Backend Engineer – Distributed Systems (Remote)

Netris, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, dental, vision

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Netris, Inc. is seeking a Senior / Staff Backend Engineer to design and own the distributed control‑plane services behind the platform.

You’ll translate requirements into scalable, production‑grade architectures and take ownership of reliability, observability, and long‑term evolution. You’ll build REST APIs with Node.js and gRPC services with Golang, collaborate with infrastructure, networking and product teams, and help drive best practices around testing and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Strong experience with Node.js and Golang.
• Hands‑on experience building distributed systems.
• Experience with MariaDB/MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, gRPC, Linux, and containers.
• Strong understanding of scalability, reliability, observability, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of scalable backend services powering network automation workflows.
• Drive architectural decisions across APIs, internal services, and distributed control‑plane components.
• Build REST APIs using Node.js and gRPC services using Golang.
• Design resilient distributed systems for high‑scale infrastructure environments.
• Improve system scalability, observability, resiliency, and operational reliability.
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure, networking, and product teams.
• Drive engineering best practices around reliability, testing, and CI/CD.

Skills

Node.js

Golang

Distributed systems

Backend experience

Observability

Tools

MariaDB/MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

gRPC

Linux

Containers

Job description

Netris, Inc. is seeking a Senior / Staff Backend Engineer to design and own the distributed control‑plane services behind the platform.

You’ll translate requirements into scalable, production‑grade architectures and take ownership of reliability, observability, and long‑term evolution. You’ll build REST APIs with Node.js and gRPC services with Golang, collaborate with infrastructure, networking and product teams, and help drive best practices around testing and CI/CD.