Bright Vision Technologies
Senior Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems)
Monroe Township, New Jersey · Senior · Full-time
H1B sponsorship available$100k-$150kDetected 32 days ago
JavaGoScalaDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentSQLNoSQLAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesSite Reliability EngineeringCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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).
Nice to have
- 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.
Compensation
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience, plus benefits.
- Employment Terms & Visa Policy
- 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.
- No new H1B sponsorship is available for this role.
Benefits
- Bright Vision Technologies is a forward-thinking software development company dedicated to building innovative solutions that help businesses automate and optimize their operations.
- In-house Bright Vision Technologies SOW engagement (no third-party client or vendor)
- Full-time, direct W2 with Bright Vision Technologies (no C2C, no 1099, no third-party)
- Long-term, multi-year, aligned to the Bright Vision SOW delivery roadmap
- Drive incident response and post-incident learning for critical backend services.
- 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.
- Learn more about Bright Vision Technologies at www.bvteck.com.
- 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.
Company info
- 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.
- As we continue to grow, we're looking for a skilled Senior Backend Engineer (Distributed Systems) to join our dynamic team and contribute to our mission of transforming business processes through technology.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company.
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement
Visa & Work Authorization
- No new H1B sponsorship available.
- H1B transfers welcomed for qualified candidates.
- Employment Terms & Visa Policy
- 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.
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