Software Engineer - Backend

Nominal; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Sick Leave

Free Lunch

Snacks

And Coffee

Professional Development Stipend

Hardware Lab Project Stipend

Annual Company Retreat

Job summary

Nominal is seeking a backend engineer to design, build, and operate distributed systems for high-frequency telemetry data. You will drive scalability, reliability, and data consistency while shaping backend architecture and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

The role requires hands-on experience with Go, Rust, or Java, plus cloud tooling, storage systems, and streaming/data-processing technologies. You will own systems through production operations and contribute to a robust backend

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building performance-sensitive, reliable distributed systems.
• Strong experience with Go, Rust, or Java.
• Experience with cloud and production tooling.
• Hands-on familiarity with storage systems and streaming or data-processing technologies.
• Ability to communicate clearly and own systems through production operation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate distributed backend systems for ingesting, processing, storing, and serving high-frequency telemetry and sensor data.
• Improve scalability, reliability, data consistency, and performance.
• Contribute to backend architecture and collaborate with product, infrastructure, and customer-facing teams.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Go

Rust

Java

Cloud Infrastructure

Time-Series Databases

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

ClickHouse

TimescaleDB

Druid

InfluxDB

Parquet

Kafka

Job description

Design, build, and operate distributed backend systems for ingesting, processing, storing, and serving high-frequency telemetry and sensor data. Improve scalability, reliability, data consistency, and performance, while contributing to backend architecture and collaborating with product, infrastructure, and customer-facing teams.

Requirements: Requires 3+ years of experience building performance-sensitive, reliable distributed systems and strong experience with Go, Rust, or Java. Candidates should have cloud and production tooling experience, hands-on familiarity with storage systems and streaming or data-processing technologies, and the ability to communicate clearly and own systems through production operation.

Key Skills: Distributed Systems, Go, Rust, Java, Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Storage Systems, Time-Series Databases, ClickHouse, TimescaleDB, Druid, InfluxDB, Parquet, Kafka

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Sick Leave
• Free Lunch
• Snacks
• And Coffee
• Professional Development Stipend
• Hardware Lab Project Stipend
• Annual Company Retreat