Senior Cloud-Native Backend Engineer

Harrison Clarke

Boston (MA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 210,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Harrison Clarke is seeking an experienced backend software engineer to design and build scalable, cloud-native services. You will work on high-throughput data ingestion pipelines, distributed systems, and production-grade software running on Kubernetes across AWS/Azure/GCP.

The role requires ownership, startup mindset, and strong collaboration within a small engineering team to solve complex technical challenges.

Qualifications

4–8+ years of backend software engineering experience.
Experience with systems languages (Go preferred; Rust/Java/C/C++ also acceptable).
Experience building distributed systems and production backend services.
Hands-on with Kubernetes and deploying to AWS/Azure/GCP.
Background in high-throughput data platforms, messaging, or streaming architectures.
Strong understanding of scalability, performance, and distributed computing concepts.

Responsibilities

Design and build scalable backend and distributed systems.
Develop production software for high-volume data ingestion and processing pipelines.
Build cloud-native services on Kubernetes.
Design and improve distributed architectures, messaging, or streaming infrastructures.
Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability at large scale.
Own architectural decisions and deliver production-ready software with autonomy.
Collaborate with a small engineering team to tackle complex technical challenges.