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Backend Engineer

1 hour, 17 minutes ago
United States
Full-time
Lead
Backend Engineer
Software Development
GCP Java Kafka Kotlin LLM Memcached Microservices OpenTelemetry RabbitMQ React Redis REST API Spring Boot Vertex AI
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Google

Google

Google specializes in organizing and providing access to the world's information through its highly regarded search services, catering to both individual users and corporate clients with innovative advertising and revenue-generating solutions.

Internet Software & Services
100K+
Founded 1998
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Description

  • Lead the design and implementation of robust, scalable, and maintainable backend systems using microservice architecture principles.
  • Build and maintain backend services and RESTful APIs using Spring Boot and JVM languages, including Kotlin and Java.
  • Design systems to handle high traffic and large datasets using distributed systems concepts such as load balancing, caching, and message queues.
  • Collaborate with frontend developers, DevOps engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation for architecture, APIs, and processes.
  • Deploy and manage containerized services on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) or Cloud Run.
  • Implement tracking and monitoring for AI agent behaviors using Google Cloud Observability or OpenTelemetry.
  • Lead technical initiatives, mentor team members, and help drive architectural decisions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, a similar engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of software design and full stack development experience in Java and/or Kotlin.
  • 2 years of experience with API development for customer-facing applications.
  • Experience working with, designing, and debugging distributed systems and microservices.
  • Experience with the Backend-for-a-Frontend design pattern (preferred).
  • Experience building applications that interact with Large Language Models such as Gemini, OpenAI, or Anthropic via Vertex AI or direct APIs (preferred).
  • Familiarity with agentic design patterns, including ReAct loops, semantic routing, and guardrails against prompt injection or hallucinations (preferred).
  • Experience using AI coding tools such as AntiGravity, Claude, or Cursor (preferred).
  • Hands-on production experience deploying and managing services inside Google Cloud Platform (preferred).
  • This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

Benefits

  • US base salary range of $176,800 - $194,500 plus bonus and benefits.
  • Bonus eligibility.
  • Benefits package included.
  • Application deadline noted as open until at least July 12, 2026, with timing subject to business needs.
  • Opportunity to work at an Alphabet company supporting Google Fiber and Google Fiber Webpass expansion.
  • Equal opportunity employment and confidential accommodations support.

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