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Lead Backend Engineer

Remote, United States remote Entry $75,000 - $95,000
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Lead 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: Lead Backend Engineer
Location: 100% Remote (U.S.)
Position Type: Full-time, Direct W2
Salary Range: $750,000–$95,000 Annually
Experience Required: 6+ 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 Lead 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 . Learn more about Bright Vision Technologies at www.bvteck.com.
Bright Vision Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement
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.
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