Backend Software Engineer in United States at Jobgether

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Backend Software Engineer based in the United States.

Join a high-impact engineering team building scalable backend systems that power complex data processing and event-driven applications. This role offers the opportunity to work on modern distributed architectures, high-throughput services, and cloud-native solutions using advanced functional programming principles. You will contribute directly to the design, development, and optimization of backend platforms that support mission-critical workloads. Working in a fully remote environment, you'll collaborate with experienced engineers to solve challenging technical problems while leveraging cutting-edge technologies across cloud infrastructure, streaming systems, and large-scale data pipelines. This position is ideal for a hands-on engineer who enjoys building resilient systems and driving technical excellence through code.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend applications, web services, and data processing pipelines.
• Build and optimize systems responsible for handling high volumes of machine-generated events and real-time data streams.
• Develop distributed services using Scala, Java, and modern functional programming approaches to ensure reliability and maintainability.
• Implement and enhance event-driven architectures leveraging streaming technologies and concurrent processing frameworks.
• Design highly available, fault-tolerant systems capable of supporting large-scale workloads and business-critical operations.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to define technical solutions, review architecture decisions, and improve platform performance.
• Optimize database interactions, write efficient SQL queries, and contribute to overall system scalability and responsiveness.
• Support CI/CD processes, deployment automation, and cloud infrastructure initiatives to improve development efficiency.
• Participate in technical discussions, code reviews, troubleshooting efforts, and continuous improvement initiatives across the engineering organization.

• Approximately 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on backend development.
• Minimum 2–3 years of hands-on Scala development experience in production environments.
• Strong proficiency with Java 17 or newer versions and extensive backend engineering expertise.
• Experience building web services, APIs, and large-scale data pipelines.
• Advanced knowledge of Akka or Pekko ecosystems, including Streams, Actors, Cluster, Persistence, Singleton, and HTTP components.
• Solid understanding of functional programming concepts and experience working with Cats and Cats Effect frameworks.
• Proven experience designing and operating distributed systems, stream-processing platforms, and high-concurrency applications.
• Strong expertise with AWS services including IAM, Kinesis, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, and KMS.
• Experience with SQL development, query optimization, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, preferably using GitHub Actions, along with exposure to DevOps practices.
• Strong understanding of scalable architecture patterns, system design principles, and cloud-native development.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Self-motivated and capable of thriving in a fully remote, highly technical environment.

• Fully remote work environment.
• Long-term 12-month contract opportunity with potential for extension.
• Exposure to modern cloud-native technologies and large-scale distributed systems.
• Opportunity to work with advanced Scala, Java, Akka/Pekko, and AWS ecosystems.
• Challenging technical projects focused on scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Collaborative engineering culture with experienced technical professionals.
• Flexibility to work from anywhere within approved locations.
• Opportunity to strengthen expertise in functional programming, streaming systems, and cloud architecture.
• Professional growth through exposure to complex backend engineering challenges.