Backend Application Engineer

About The Company
Bright Vision Technologies is a leading technology consulting and software development company dedicated to delivering innovative cloud, artificial intelligence, data, and enterprise solutions across the United States. With a strong commitment to excellence and a client-centric approach, the company has established a reputation for building scalable and reliable software systems that meet the evolving needs of its diverse clientele. Bright Vision Technologies prides itself on fostering a collaborative work environment, leveraging cutting-edge technologies, and maintaining a focus on continuous improvement to stay ahead in the competitive tech landscape.
About The Role
The Backend Application Engineer role at Bright Vision Technologies offers an exciting opportunity for experienced professionals to contribute to high-performance platform development. As a senior member of the engineering team, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining foundational backend services and shared infrastructure that support hundreds of engineering teams. This remote position is ideal for individuals with a strong background in distributed systems and platform engineering who are passionate about creating scalable, resilient, and efficient backend solutions. You will work on critical components such as request routing, traffic management, data fan-out, caching layers, asynchronous job execution, and durable event processing, ensuring they operate under high traffic volumes with minimal latency and operational overhead.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline
Six or more years of professional experience in backend or platform engineering
Proven track record in building and operating internal platforms or shared services used by multiple engineering teams
Strong expertise in designing distributed systems with a focus on consistency, availability, latency, and failure modes
Proficiency in at least one major backend programming language such as Java, Go, Scala, Rust, or modern C++
Deep understanding of high-throughput messaging, streaming, and event-driven architectures using Kafka, Pulsar, or NATS
Solid knowledge of data storage systems across relational, key-value, document, and search workloads
Experience leading multi-quarter platform initiatives, including stakeholder management and technical decision-making
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical documentation and presentations
Ability to mentor engineers and influence engineering culture through code and design reviews
Responsibilities
Design and develop internal platform services and shared infrastructure relied upon by hundreds of engineers daily, prioritizing developer experience and operational efficiency
Architect high-throughput, low-latency backend platforms capable of handling large request volumes with predictable performance
Create durable, replayable event-processing pipelines and asynchronous job execution platforms to accelerate feature delivery
Design and manage caching, rate-limiting, and request-shaping layers to protect upstream systems and support scalable workloads
Develop platform abstractions, SDKs, and libraries that encapsulate best practices and facilitate easy consumption by product teams
Establish observability practices, define SLOs, and conduct capacity planning to ensure reliable platform operation
Implement multi-region, fault-tolerant, geo-distributed architectures with a focus on availability and graceful degradation during failures
Lead incident response efforts, perform blameless post-mortems, and drive engineering improvements to prevent issues recurrence
Define and enforce standards for API design, schema evolution, deployment, and backward compatibility
Optimize platform performance through profiling, data-driven tuning, and algorithmic enhancements
Collaborate with infrastructure, security, and SRE teams to ensure compliance, security, and reliability of platform services
Mentor mid-level engineers and participate in architectural discussions to promote distributed systems maturity across teams
Create comprehensive technical documentation, decision records, and operational runbooks for future maintainers
Continuously evaluate emerging technologies, open-source projects, and architectural patterns for strategic adoption
Benefits
Competitive salary range of $100,000–$150,000 annually
100% remote work opportunity within the United States
Full-time employment with direct W2 employment status
Health, dental, and vision insurance plans
Paid time off and holidays
Professional development opportunities and continuous learning support
Collaborative and inclusive work environment
Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and large-scale distributed systems
Equal Opportunity
Bright Vision Technologies (BV Teck) is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to 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. We strictly prohibit workplace harassment or discrimination and ensure all employment decisions are made based on merit and business needs. Our commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, transfer, leaves of absence, termination, layoffs, and recall. We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive environment where every individual can thrive and contribute to our collective success.

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