Senior Backend Engineer - Distributed Systems (Remote)

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 144,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Annual kickoff

Health benefits

Retirement plans

Learning stipend

Job summary

The company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend, to join the Distributed Systems team and contribute to a durable, scalable streaming platform powering global orchestration capabilities. You will work with product, design, QA, and sales to influence platform evolution while delivering high-impact backend features.

Applicants should have 7+ years in backend/distributed systems, experience leading multi-month initiatives, and strong autonomous problem-solving in a remote-first setup.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience focusing on backend or distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services for the distributed streaming platform, ensuring durability, high availability, and horizontal scalability.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

Project leadership

Autonomy

Remote collaboration

Java VM knowledge

Job description

The company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend, to join the Distributed Systems team and contribute to a durable, scalable streaming platform powering global orchestration capabilities. You will work with product, design, QA, and sales to influence platform evolution while delivering high-impact backend features.

Applicants should have 7+ years in backend/distributed systems, experience leading multi-month initiatives, and strong autonomous problem-solving in a remote-first setup.