Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)

Datacontroller Toogeza Ltd.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation days

Sick days

Birthday leave

English lessons

Health insurance

Education budget

Remote-friendly culture

Job summary

Spinlab is seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems) to join a backend-focused team. The role centers on building production-ready services for a high-load analytics platform, with occasional frontend work to ship end-to-end features.

You will collaborate with product and business stakeholders, own end-to-end delivery, and work with Node.js/TypeScript, Kafka, PostgreSQL/ClickHouse, and various NoSQL stores. A strong ownership mindset and focus on performance are essential.

Qualifications

• Solid backend experience with Node.js/TypeScript.
• Experience with messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ.
• Experience in distributed systems.
• Experience with RDBMS (MySQL, PostgreSQL), NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB), or columnar stores (ClickHouse).
• Experience in writing end-to-end and unit tests.
• Frontend basics: HTML/CSS/JS, TypeScript, and frameworks (React/Vue).
• Willingness to own delivery end-to-end, including UI when needed.

Responsibilities

• Build and own production-ready services in a high-load distributed system.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical solutions.
• Contribute to frontend work when needed to ship features end-to-end.
• Focus on high availability, low latency, and efficient resource usage.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

Async programming

Distributed systems

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Unit testing

Frontend basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

ClickHouse

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Redis

DynamoDB

MongoDB

React

Vue

Kubernetes

Job description

We are toogeza, a Ukrainian recruiting company that is focused on hiring talents and building teams for tech startups worldwide.

Currently, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems) for Spinlab.

Location: Remote

Job Type: Full Time

About our client

We help slot gaming leaders unlock the potential of their data, enhancing business outcomes and strengthening their competitive edge in the market. We collect and process data using advanced methods and technologies to provide our clients with clear, actionable recommendations based on real metrics. SpinLab's goal is not just to collect data but to transform it into meaningful business insights that improve efficiency and help products grow.

Product Overview

A B2B web analytics and user-identification platform for browsers and webviews. High RPS, real‑time event processing, and an analytics database powering customer‑facing reporting. This role requires close collaboration with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical solutions.

Role Overview

This role requires close collaboration with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into practical solutions. The vast majority of your work will be backend – building and owning production‑ready services in a high‑load distributed system, but you will also pick up the front‑end work, a feature needs to ship end‑to‑end.

Our problem statement is not straightforward, as we aim to achieve high‑end results in all important technical aspects of our business:

• best availability,
• lowest latency in every micro‑service,
• the most efficient resource usage.

If you're a product‑passionate person, your mind is keen to solve deep tech engineering problems, you have a fast "PoC first" approach with a deep sense of ownership, and you're happy to reach into the UI when needed, we would love to hear from you.

Requirements

• Solid backend experience with Node.js/TypeScript; Strong understanding of async approaches
• Experience with Messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ
• Experience in distributed systems
• Experience with RDBMs (MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.), CDBMs (Redshift, ClickHouse, etc.), NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB, etc)
• Experience in writing e2e & unit tests
• Experience with the development of production‑ready solutions
• Basic front‑end ability: comfortable with HTML/CSS/JS, TypeScript, and common UI framework (React/Vue) — able to read existing UI code, make changes, and connect a UI to backend APIs
• A "whole feature" mindset — willingness to own delivery end‑to‑end, including the UI, rather than handing it off

Would be beneficial to know

• Understanding of enterprise development patterns
• Experienced with large-scale microservices architecture
• Experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Active performance observation
• Understanding of application security and industry standards, its best practices
• A degree in Computer Science or related field

Scope of ownership

• Backend: high‑RPS collection and identification endpoints, a Redis‑backed key‑value store, Kafka producers, ClickHouse migrations
• Browser SDK: evolving signals and fighting regressions on Safari and iOS.
• Operations: observability (APM, RED signals, SLO alerts), GitOps delivery via Helm and ArgoCD.
• A "whole feature" mindset — willingness to own delivery end‑to‑end, including the UI, rather than handing it off

Benefits

• Work on meaningful data products and shape them with your vision.
• 25 vacation days + 15 sick days + 1 birthday leave.
• Budget for English classes.
• Budget for health insurance.
• Annual education & development budget.
• Remote‑friendly culture with a small, dedicated team.