Senior Backend Systems Engineer, Data Integrations (Hybrid)

Job overview

The Senior Backend Systems Engineer, Data Integrations role is hybrid in Charlotte, NC. The stated bill rate is $57 per hour. The engineer supports core integrations between Unity and the enterprise Spark engine and SparkFlow framework. The role exists to build and operate scalable data-processing and integration workflows for enterprise use. It contributes by developing APIs, SDKs, and connectors, improving distributed-system reliability and performance, and guiding technical decisions for platform components.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and operate Unity integrations with Spark and SparkFlow
• develop APIs, SDKs, and connectors
• architect scalable, fault-tolerant systems
• tune performance, caching, partitioning, backpressure, and resilience
• lead design reviews and RFCs
• establish observability, SLOs, runbooks, alerting, capacity planning, and incident response
• promote automated testing and progressive delivery.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

systems engineer

senior backend engineer

data integrations

charlotte nc

hybrid

peoplentech

python

apache spark

sparkflow

distributed systems

rest apis

grpc

kubernetes

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires six years of backend engineering experience, distributed-systems expertise, expert Python, REST/gRPC API design, and asynchronous programming; Apache Spark and orchestration experience preferred.

About the employer

PeopleNTech LLC is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.