Backend Software Engineer

Backend Systems EngineerJob Title: Backend Systems EngineerLocation: 100% Remote (Continental United States)Position Type: In-house Bright Vision Technologies SOW engagement (no third-party client or vendor)Experience: 6+ yearsSalary: 100k - 150kSponsorship: No new H1B sponsorship available. H1B transfers welcomed for qualified candidates.Employment Type: Full-time, direct W2 with Bright Vision Technologies (no C2C, no 1099, no third-party)Engagement: Long-term, multi-year, aligned to the Bright Vision SOW delivery roadmapCompensation: Competitive base salary commensurate with experience, plus benefits.This is a 100% remote, full-time, direct W2 position with Bright Vision Technologies. This role is part of Bright Vision Technologies' in-house Statement of Work (SOW) engagement. The client, end customer, and employer for this position is Bright Vision Technologies — there is no third-party client, vendor, or implementation partner involved. We do not engage in C2C, 1099, or third-party arrangements for this role. BUT STRICTLY NO C2C/1099/3RD PARTY COMPANIES. ALL OUR ROLES ARE W2 AND NO 3RD PARTY BROKERING PLEASE. Candidates must be willing to work directly as a full-time W2 employee of Bright Vision Technologies and contribute to our in-house SOW deliverables. No new H1B sponsorship is available for this role. However, candidates who are currently on a valid H1B visa and require a transfer are welcome to apply. We will support H1B transfers for qualified candidates. For every role, a technical coding assessment is mandatory. Please apply only if you are confident in your technical abilities and hands-on experience.Job Summary: We are seeking a Backend Systems 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.Key Responsibilities:Design and implement large-scale distributed backend systems using Java, Go, Scala, or similar high-performance languages.Architect data partitioning, replication, and consistency strategies appropriate to each workload's requirements.Build resilient APIs and event-driven services with strong observability, idempotency, and graceful degradation patterns.Optimize systems for latency, throughput, and cost, using profiling, benchmarking, and load testing.Lead detailed architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and trade-off analyses.Implement robust failure-handling patterns including retries, timeouts, circuit breakers, bulkheads, and saga workflows.Design and operate data stores at scale, including relational, key-value, document, and search engines.Build comprehensive observability into services with structured logs, metrics, and distributed tracing.Drive incident response and post-incident learning for critical backend services.Mentor mid-level engineers and lead by example in code quality, design, and operational rigor.Partner with SRE and platform teams to drive reliability improvements and reduce operational toil.Contribute to long-term architecture and platform strategy, helping shape multi-year technical roadmaps and ensuring near-term execution remains aligned with the broader engineering direction.Maintain comprehensive, current technical documentation — including architecture diagrams, design decisions, configuration references, runbooks, and operational procedures — so that the system remains supportable, auditable, and easy to onboard new engineers onto over time.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 View email address on click.appcast.io Vision Technologies is an equal opportunity employer and places a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans.