[Remote] Staff Backend Engineer, Hub (US East Coast)

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Requisitos

• 8+ years backend engineering experience with deep expertise in distributed systems and large-scale backend architectures
• Strong production experience with Golang, including designing and operating large Go-based services in cloud environments
• Strong production experience with Kubernetes, including operating services at scale
• Experience designing and running high-scale storage systems (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or equivalent) in production
• Experience with event-driven or streaming systems, such as Kafka, SNS/SQS, or equivalent
• Strong foundation in software engineering best practices: design documentation, testing strategies, CI/CD, code review, observability
• Comfortable functioning autonomously in a fully distributed, remote-first team and working effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Experience with OCI registries, artifact stores, or large-scale content distribution systems
• Familiarity with search/indexing systems or metadata-rich architectures
• Contributions to cloud-native or open-source ecosystems

Responsabilidades

• Architect, build, and operate high-scale distributed systems powering Docker Hub’s registry platform—spanning artifact storage, metadata services, indexing workflows, and performance-critical APIs
• Lead the design and implementation of backend services with a strong emphasis on scalability, correctness, resilience, and performance
• Drive major initiatives around multi-region replication, caching strategies, request-path optimization, and core registry reliability
• Design, optimize, operate the data and storage layers - for both Relational and NoSql as well as object storage and related technologies
• Develop schemas and data models to support high-throughput, large-volume workloads
• Own systems end-to-end—from storage-layer behavior to API design, deployment workflows, and production monitoring
• Improve the performance and reliability of one of the world’s largest repositories of container images
• Develop and enhance observability through metrics, traces, alerting, and dashboards
• Lead improvements to deployment and operational tooling (e.g., Argo CD, GitHub Actions)
• Participate in on-call rotations as part of supporting critical production services
• Mentor engineers and lead design and architecture reviews
• Partner with Product, Design, SRE, and Platform teams to deliver high-impact projects
• Engage with open-source communities, cloud-native partners, and the broader ecosystem
• Take part in on-call rotation for your team; respond to incidents, debug production issues, and drive continuous improvement of system reliability

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