Senior Backend Engineer — Remote, Distributed Systems Expert

Socket.dev; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies seeks a Senior 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 for internal teams, emphasizing scalability, reliability, performance, and sound engineering practices, balancing consistency, availability, and latency in complex trade-offs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• 7+ years of professional backend engineering experience with distributed systems.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Scala, or similar languages.
• 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 with 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 for other engineering teams with focus on scalability and reliability.
• Balance consistency, availability, and latency in distributed systems decisions.
• Collaborate and mentor across multiple teams on engineering practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

Java/Go/Scala

Kafka

SQL/NoSQL

Cloud platforms

Performance tuning

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies seeks a Senior 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 for internal teams, emphasizing scalability, reliability, performance, and sound engineering practices, balancing consistency, availability, and latency in complex trade-offs.