Staff Engineer – Distributed Systems

Intellibus designs and engineers platforms for leading FinTech and financial trading firms. They are seeking a Staff Engineer to design, build, and own full-stack systems for financial platforms, focusing on frontend architecture, backend services, and distributed systems.

Responsibilities:

• Build scalable frontend platforms using React, Next.js, and TypeScript
• Design modern UI architectures: server-side rendering, component-driven design, performance optimization, and state management patterns
• Develop reusable component systems and scalable frontend frameworks
• Build backend services using Node.js and NestJS
• Design and implement REST APIs, microservices, asynchronous workflows, and high-performance data processing systems
• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases using TypeORM, and optimize for throughput and reliability
• Design distributed systems built on event-driven architecture using Kafka, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and messaging/queue systems
• Build services that process high-volume financial events and real-time trading data
• Deploy and operate systems on Microsoft Azure, including Azure App Services, Azure Data Fabric, messaging platforms, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and Linux environments
• Design infrastructure that supports resilient, scalable distributed systems

Requirements:

• Design and operate event-driven distributed systems that process high-volume real-time data
• Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, and time complexity — and apply that understanding to build systems
• Build full-stack platforms using React/Next.js and Node.js/NestJS that run reliably in production
• Hands-on experience with message queues, streaming platforms, and asynchronous workflows — Kafka, Azure Service Bus, BullMQ, or similar
• Reason clearly about system trade-offs: latency vs. throughput, consistency vs. availability, speed vs. reliability
• Operate systems in cloud environments like Microsoft Azure, including debugging production incidents and improving performance under pressure
• Design systems end-to-end and take ownership of architecture and production outcomes
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to architecture reviews, engineering standards, and technical decision-making
• Communicate well under pressure and explain technical decisions to a non-technical audience
• Build scalable frontend platforms using React, Next.js, and TypeScript
• Design modern UI architectures: server-side rendering, component-driven design, performance optimization, and state management patterns
• Develop reusable component systems and scalable frontend frameworks
• Build backend services using Node.js and NestJS
• Design and implement REST APIs, microservices, asynchronous workflows, and high-performance data processing systems
• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases using TypeORM, and optimize for throughput and reliability
• Design distributed systems built on event-driven architecture using Kafka, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and messaging/queue systems
• Build services that process high-volume financial events and real-time trading data
• Deploy and operate systems on Microsoft Azure, including Azure App Services, Azure Data Fabric, messaging platforms, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and Linux environments
• Design infrastructure that supports resilient, scalable distributed systems