Senior Backend Engineer - Kubernetes & Microservices

val's services; Anchorage (AK); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

val's services is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services in distributed environments. The role involves building microservices APIs, operating workloads on Kubernetes, and ensuring fault-tolerance and high availability.

The candidate should have 10+ years of backend-focused software engineering experience, hands-on Kubernetes expertise, and proficiency in Elasticsearch along with Go, Python, Java, or TypeScript.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend-focused software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in Elasticsearch and backend languages such as Go, Python, Java, or TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services in distributed environments.
• Build and operate microservices APIs.
• Ensure fault-tolerance and high availability across systems.

Skills

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Microservices

APIs

Distributed Systems

Go

Python

Java

TypeScript

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

Observability

Mentoring

Cloud

Infrastructure-as-Code

Job description

val's services is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services in distributed environments. The role involves building microservices APIs, operating workloads on Kubernetes, and ensuring fault-tolerance and high availability.

The candidate should have 10+ years of backend-focused software engineering experience, hands-on Kubernetes expertise, and proficiency in Elasticsearch along with Go, Python, Java, or TypeScript.