We are seeking a Lead Backend/Distributed Systems Engineer to build and operate high-performance, scalable services that integrate with distributed storage systems. You will lead design and implementation work, improve reliability through troubleshooting and on-call support, and collaborate across integral time zones—apply now.

Responsibilities

Design scalable, high-availability backend services that interact with distributed storage systems
Build high-performance Rust components and core service functionality
Lead system design for distributed storage features including consistency, sharding, replication, and fault tolerance
Implement RPC-based service interfaces using gRPC or Apache Thrift
Develop concurrent and asynchronous execution models for reliability and throughput
Troubleshoot production issues, debug complex failures, and drive root-cause resolution
Provide on-call support and improve operational readiness through runbooks and diagnostics
Coordinate with global teams and support occasional early morning or late evening overlap meetings




Integrate cloud-native capabilities such as service discovery, service mesh, and IPv6 where required

Requirements

5+ years of backend software engineering experience with Rust
Strong leadership skills to guide technical decisions and mentor engineers
Proven project experience designing or operating distributed storage systems or components
Advanced concurrent programming expertise with async, multithreading, and concurrency patterns
Strong RPC systems experience using gRPC or Apache Thrift for service-to-service communication
Cloud-native architecture experience with service discovery tools such as Consul or ZooKeeper
English proficiency level B2 (Upper-Intermediate) for daily collaboration and documentation

Nice to have

Go Language
Python
Linux
System design and analysis
gRPC

We offer

International projects with top brands
Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
Healthcare benefits
Employee financial

📌 Lead Software Engineer — Backend (Argentina)
🏢 EPAM Systems
📍 Argentina