Senior Backend Engineer

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Naperville, IL, USA
In-Office
100K-112K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Information Technology • Software • Consulting
The Role
Design, build, and operate large-scale, high-throughput backend services and distributed systems. Responsibilities include architecting scalable platforms, improving reliability and performance, operating systems at scale, capacity planning, performance tuning, debugging, and root-cause analysis. The role requires strong programming, database, cloud, messaging, and distributed systems expertise, along with communication, documentation, mentorship, and cross-team technical leadership.
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Senior Backend Engineer– Remote
Bright Vision Technologies is a technology consulting and software development company delivering cloud, AI, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.
Job Title: Senior Backend Engineer
Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)
Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2
Salary Range: $100,000–$112,000 Annually
Experience Required: 7+ years
Sponsorship: U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, EAD Holders, and H-1B transfer candidates are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor new H-1B visa petitions for this position.
Job Summary
We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer with deep expertise in distributed systems to design, build, and operate large-scale, high-throughput backend services that power mission-critical workloads. In this role you will architect the core platforms that other engineering teams build on, focusing on scalability, reliability, performance, and clean engineering practices. The ideal candidate will combine strong fundamentals in computer science with practical, battle-tested experience operating distributed systems at scale, and will be comfortable navigating the trade-offs between consistency, availability, and latency.
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
  • Six or more years of professional backend engineering experience, with significant time on distributed systems.
  • Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Scala, or similar.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts, including consensus, replication, and CAP trade-offs.
  • Hands-on experience with high-throughput message systems such as Kafka.
  • Experience operating systems at scale, including capacity planning and performance tuning.
  • Strong SQL skills and experience with both relational and NoSQL data stores.
  • Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills.
  • Excellent communication, documentation, and mentorship skills.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes-based platforms in production.
  • Exposure to service-mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
  • Familiarity with chaos engineering practices and tools.
  • Open-source contributions to relevant distributed systems projects.
How to Apply
Would you like to know more about this opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume to [email protected]. Learn more about Bright Vision Technologies at www.bvteck.com.
Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
 

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Six or more years of professional backend engineering experience, including significant distributed systems experience
  • Strong programming skills in Java, Go, Scala, or similar
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts, including consensus, replication, and CAP trade-offs
  • Hands-on experience with high-throughput messaging systems such as Kafka
  • Experience operating systems at scale, including capacity planning and performance tuning
  • Strong SQL skills and experience with relational and NoSQL data stores
  • Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills
  • Excellent communication, documentation, and mentorship skills
  • Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple teams
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes-based platforms in production
  • Exposure to service-mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd
  • Familiarity with chaos engineering practices and tools
  • Open-source contributions to relevant distributed systems projects
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The Company
HQ: Bridgewater, NJ
53 Employees
Year Founded: 2020

What We Do

Bright Vision Technologies is a minority-owned organization founded in July 2020 and based in New Jersey, USA. The company specializes in delivering top-tier staffing and IT consulting services, including custom computer programming and systems design. Additionally, they are a product engineering firm with a flagship AI-powered talent intelligence and enterprise automation platform called Lumina, which helps transform IT into a strategic asset for their valued partners.

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