Backend Engineer, Distributed Systems & Infrastructure at Digital Waffle · San Francisco, CA · Joined
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Backend Engineer, Distributed Systems & Infrastructure
Digital Waffle · San Francisco, CA · Just now · 0 applicants
NewOn-siteFull-timeSenior
Pay
$200k–$280kListed
Workplace
On-site
Job type
Full-time
Level
Senior
Team: Distributed Systems & Infrastructure · Source: jobright · Posted by joined-scrapper
About the role
Backend Engineer role at a well-funded San Francisco tech company, focused on building and scaling distributed backend services and owning production infrastructure. The position requires strong backend experience and depth in distributed systems, with influence over platform architecture.
What you’ll do
Build and scale distributed backend services
Own production infrastructure
Shape platform architecture
Ensure reliability and prevent recurring incidents
What you’ll need
Strong backend experience in Go, Rust, Java, Python, or similar
Hands-on distributed systems work: consensus, replication, queues, caching, data partitioning, failure handling
Production infrastructure depth: Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS/GCP, CI/CD
Experience with on-call incident response and root-cause resolution
Deep knowledge of database internals or event streaming (Kafka), or experience at a high-scale tech company or infra-heavy startup
Original job description
Digital Waffle is partnering with an unnamed, well-funded technology company in San Francisco to hire a Backend Engineer. The role focuses on building and scaling distributed backend services, owning production infrastructure, and shaping platform architecture.Strong backend experience in Go, Rust, Java, Python, or similarHands-on distributed systems…