Software Engineer, Backend Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software

Location
: Remote

Duration: 12+ months

Rate
: DOE

We are looking for a highly skilled Software Engineer with strong experience in Java, distributed systems, and stream-based processing to join our engineering team. You will design, build, and operate backend services that handle high-throughput workloads, integrate with cloud platforms, and support business-critical applications.

This role also involves working with Node.js services, CI/CD pipelines, and modern infrastructure tooling, including Kubernetes, Git Hub Actions, AWS, and GCP.

Responsibilities Include:

• Design, implement, and maintain distributed backend services using Java and Node.js.
• Build and optimize message-driven architectures and data pipelines using Apache Kafka.
• Develop scalable, resilient APIs and backend services.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following industry best practices.
• Deploy, monitor, and support applications running on Kubernetes across cloud environments.
• Work closely with architects and product teams to design system components and integrations.
• Participate in code reviews, system design discussions, and operational readiness efforts.
• Troubleshoot production issues across services and infrastructure.
• Prototyping of new technologies to reduce cost and increase engineering velocity.
• A BS degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is required
• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong Java experience in backend or distributed systems environments.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka (producers, consumers, partitions, topics, offsets, stream processing, etc.).
• Proficiency in Node.js for backend application development.
• Experience deploying and maintaining services running in Kubernetes
• Familiarity with Git Hub Actions for CI/CD.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP cloud platforms.
• Solid understanding of software design patterns, system architecture, and microservices principles.
• Experience working with MongoDB and PostgreSQL (schema design, performance considerations, migrations).
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills
• Ability to work within a distributed team
• Nice to have:
• VOD Streaming experience
• Experience with React (basic front-end integration work, context management, UI components).
• Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Helm, etc.).
• Monitoring/observability tools (Datadog, New Relic).