Distributed System / Backend Engineer (Reading, PA)

Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Distributed Systems / Backend Engineer to join our team and build, scale, and optimize high-throughput backend systems. This role will focus on designing and supporting event-driven architectures, with a strong emphasis on Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka-based messaging systems.
This is a hands-on engineering role where you will contribute to core backend services, support production systems, and partner closely with frontend and DevOps teams to ensure system reliability and performance.

Key Responsibilities
 • Design, build, and maintain distributed systems that support high-scale, real-time applications
 • Develop and optimize event-driven architectures using Kafka and messaging frameworks
 • Write clean, production-grade code using Java and Spring Boot
 • Collaborate with frontend engineers to deliver reliable backend APIs and services
 • Build and maintain high-throughput data pipelines and messaging systems...