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Backend Systems Engineer at Bright Vision Technologies

Backend Systems Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies · Austin, TX, US

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Backend Systems Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies · Austin, TX, US

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About the Role

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.

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.

Requirements

  • 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.
  • 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.

Skills

  • Java
  • Go
  • Scala
  • Distributed Systems
  • APIs
  • Event-driven services
  • Observability
  • Idempotency
  • Graceful degradation
  • Latency optimization
  • Throughput optimization
  • Cost optimization
  • Profiling
  • Benchmarking
  • Load testing
  • Failure handling patterns
  • Retries
  • Timeouts
  • Circuit breakers
  • Bulkheads
  • Saga workflows
  • Data stores
  • Relational databases
  • Key-value stores
  • Document databases
  • Search engines
  • Structured logs
  • Metrics
  • Distributed tracing
  • Incident response
  • Post-incident learning
  • Mentorship
  • Code quality
  • Design
  • Operational rigor
  • SRE
  • Platform teams
  • Reliability improvements
  • Operational toil reduction
  • Architecture strategy
  • Platform strategy
  • Technical roadmaps
  • Technical documentation
  • Architecture diagrams
  • Design decisions
  • Configuration references
  • Runbooks
  • Operational procedures
  • Computer Science fundamentals
  • CAP theorem
  • Kafka
  • Capacity planning
  • Performance tuning
  • SQL
  • NoSQL
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Debugging
  • Root-cause analysis
  • Communication
  • Documentation
  • Kubernetes
  • Service-mesh
  • Istio
  • Linkerd
  • Chaos engineering

Location

  • 100% Remote (Continental United States)

Work Type

  • Full-time
  • Remote
  • Direct W2

Experience Level

  • 6+ years
  • Senior

Education Level

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related discipline

Salary/Compensations

  • 100k - 150k

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary commensurate with experience, plus benefits.

About the Company

  • Bright Vision Technologies is a forward-thinking software development company dedicated to building innovative solutions that help businesses automate and optimize their operations.
  • We leverage cutting-edge technologies to create scalable, secure, and user-friendly applications.
  • This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

Equal Opportunity

  • We are an equal opportunity employer and place 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.
  • Bright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) for all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status as defined by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
  • This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall.
  • BV Teck expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment or discrimination.
  • Any improper interference with employees' ability to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.