Senior Backend Platform Engineer - High-Throughput - Remote

Bright Vision Technologies; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Senior Server-Side Engineer to design, build, and operate the foundational platforms and shared services that other engineering teams rely on.

This role focuses on backend platform capabilities—request routing, traffic management, data fan-out, caching layers, asynchronous job execution, and durable event processing—that must handle very high traffic volumes with predictable latency and minimal operational toil.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ years of backend or platform engineering experience.
• Experience designing distributed systems and internal platforms.
• Proficiency in Java, Go, Scala, Rust, or C++.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, Pulsar, NATS, or similar.
• Strong knowledge of relational, NoSQL, and search databases.
• Experience leading technical projects and cross-team collaboration.
• Excellent communication, documentation, and mentoring skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend platform capabilities for high-throughput systems.
• Operate shared services used by other engineering teams.
• Ensure latency targets and low operational toil.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend engineering

Event-driven

Databases

Java/Go/Scala/Rust/C++

Team leadership

Documentation

Education

CS/SE degree

Tools

Kafka

Pulsar

NATS

Kubernetes

Job description

Bright Vision Technologies is seeking a Senior Server-Side Engineer to design, build, and operate the foundational platforms and shared services that other engineering teams rely on.

This role focuses on backend platform capabilities—request routing, traffic management, data fan-out, caching layers, asynchronous job execution, and durable event processing—that must handle very high traffic volumes with predictable latency and minimal operational toil.