Senior Distributed Systems Engineer

Coralswift; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 134,000 - 670,000; Full time

Job summary

Coralswift is seeking a senior backend engineer to build distributed architectures that scale to tens of thousands of requests per second from Austin, TX, with remote-friendly options. You will engineer high-throughput backends in Go or Rust and design event-driven systems using Kafka, while optimizing PostgreSQL performance and sharding.

The role demands 5+ years designing distributed systems, expertise in CQRS and consensus patterns, and experience with high-concurrency databases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing distributed systems in Go, Rust, or Java.
• Deep knowledge of event-driven patterns, CQRS, and consensus protocols.
• Experience with high-concurrency database optimizations.

Responsibilities

• Build distributed backend architectures handling tens of thousands of requests per second.
• Engineer high-throughput transactional backends in Go or Rust.
• Design event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka.
• Optimize PostgreSQL query performance and sharding strategies.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Go/Rust/Java stack

Event-driven patterns

High-concurrency DB optimization

Tools

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Job description

Austin, TX / Remote

1,000 - 5,000 USD

About the Role & Mission

You will build distributed backend architectures processing tens of thousands of requests per second.

What You Will Do

Engineer high-throughput transactional backends in Go/Rust

Design event-driven architectures with Apache Kafka

Optimize PostgreSQL query performance and sharding strategies

Qualifications & Requirements

5+ years designing distributed systems in Go, Rust, or Java

Deep knowledge of event-driven patterns, CQRS, and consensus protocols

Experience with high-concurrency database optimizations

Flexible remote-first work environment

Hiring Process

• 30-Min Initial Scope & Culture Sync
• Architectural Deep Dive with Principal Engineer