Staff Backend Engineer - Data Platform (Remote)

Epic Placements LLC; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work across US/Canada

Equity

Job summary

Epic Placements LLC is seeking a Senior/Staff-level Backend Engineer for a remote role across the US and Canada, building a customer-facing data product.

You will tackle massive datasets, distributed systems, and real-time architecture while owning design and implementation end-to-end. The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration with product, and delivering scalable backend services.

Compensation includes $180k–$320k base salary plus equity; visa transfers may be supported.

Qualifications

• Significant backend engineering experience building production systems.
• Experience owning projects from design to production.
• Strong problem-solving in data processing and distributed systems.
• Ability to work with product to ship customer-facing features.

Responsibilities

• Design backend systems and architecture.
• Own projects from design through production rollout.
• Balance scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams.
• Mentor other engineers as the team grows.

Skills

Go

Python

TypeScript/Node.js

Java

Kotlin

Rust

Distributed Systems

SQL

PostgreSQL

Data Processing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kafka

SQS/SNS

Pub/Sub

Kinesis

RabbitMQ

Redis

Flink

Spark

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Epic Placements LLC is seeking a Senior/Staff-level Backend Engineer for a remote role across the US and Canada, building a customer-facing data product.

You will tackle massive datasets, distributed systems, and real-time architecture while owning design and implementation end-to-end. The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration with product, and delivering scalable backend services.

Compensation includes $180k–$320k base salary plus equity; visa transfers may be supported.