Senior Server-Side Engineer

Bright Vision Technologies

Chapel Hill, NC, United States

9 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

6 years minimum

Compensation

$100,000.0 - $150,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.careerjet.com

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) C++ (Programming Language) Databases Distributed Systems NoSQL Open Source Technology Software Engineering Management of Software Versions Workflow Management Systems Istio Core Api

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Backend Kubernetes Information Technology Apache Kafka

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Server-Side Engineer focused on high-throughput platform development to design, build, and operate the foundational platforms and shared services that other engineering teams rely on to deliver their products. This role focuses on building backend platform capabilities - request routing, traffic management, data fan-out, caching layers, asynchronous job execution, and durable event processing - that must handle very high traffic volumes with predictable latency and minimal operational toil.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
6+ years of backend, platform, or software engineering experience.
Strong experience designing and building distributed systems and internal platforms.
Proficiency in Java, Go, Scala, Rust, or C++.
Hands-on experience with Kafka, Pulsar, NATS, or other event-driven technologies.
Strong knowledge of relational, NoSQL, and search databases.
Experience leading technical projects and collaborating across teams.
Excellent communication, documentation, and mentoring skills., * Experience with Kubernetes and platform engineering.
Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects.
Knowledge of service mesh, workflow orchestration, or platform APIs.
Experience with API versioning and backward compatibility.
Technical blogging, conference speaking, or other community contributions.