Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EPAM Systems is seeking a Lead Backend/Distributed Systems Engineer to build and operate high-performance, scalable services integrated with distributed storage systems. The role leads system design and implementation, improves reliability through troubleshooting and on-call support, and collaborates with global teams.
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
Skills
• 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
• Go Language
• Python
• Linux
• System design and analysis
• GRPC
Benefits
• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn
Company Overview
• EPAM leverages its core engineering expertise as a leading global product development and digital platform engineering services company. It was founded in 1993, and is headquartered in Newtown, Pennsylvania, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.epam.com.
Company H1B Sponsorship
• EPAM Systems has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 34 in 2026, 120 in 2025, 172 in 2024, 232 in 2023, 373 in 2022, 359 in 2021, 502 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.