Backend Architect
Brilliant
Greenwood Village, United States of America
6 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
IntermediateJob location
Greenwood Village, United States of America
Tech stack
DevOps
Distributed Systems
Amazon DynamoDB
Node.js
Site Reliability Engineering Practices
Software Engineering
Data Streaming
TypeScript
Datadog
Grafana
Cloudformation
Event Driven Architecture
Deployment Automation
Kafka
GraphQL
Cloudwatch
Api Gateway
REST
Terraform
Splunk
New Relic (SaaS)
Microservices
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years in architecture roles
- Expert-level proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven design
- Production experience with AWS services (DynamoDB, Lambda, ECS, API Gateway, etc.)
- Strong knowledge of Kafka or similar event streaming platforms
- Experience implementing resilience patterns (circuit breakers, retries, bulkheads, timeouts)
- Proficiency in performance profiling, optimization, and scaling strategies
Leadership & Delivery
- Proven track record of owning and delivering complex technical projects
- Experience mentoring developers and conducting technical interviews
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities
Nice to Have
- Knowledge of observability tools (DataDog, Splunk, New Relic, CloudWatch, Grafana)
- Background in SRE practices and DevOps methodologies
- Experience with GraphQL, REST API design, and API gateway patterns
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation)
