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Junior: $70k–$90k per year. Mid‑level: $110k–$140k per year. Senior: $160k–$200k per year. These ranges reflect market averages for teams using Go, Rust, and Kubernetes.

Core skills: Go, Rust, gRPC, Kubernetes, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, CI/CD (GitHub Actions or GitLab CI). Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, GCP Professional Cloud Architect, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).

Yes. Roughly 80% of open positions offer full‑remote or hybrid arrangements. Remote candidates are evaluated on coding proficiency, architecture design, and communication via video interviews and pair‑programming sessions.

Typical ladder: Junior Backend Engineer → Mid‑level Backend Engineer → Senior Backend Engineer → Lead Engineer → Principal Engineer → Staff Engineer. Each step adds responsibility for system design, mentorship, and cross‑team strategy.

Key trends include the adoption of serverless functions for lightweight services, increased use of AI/ML inference layers in microservices, and a shift toward observability‑centric architecture with distributed tracing. Mastery of cloud‑native patterns and AI‑infrastructure tools will drive future demand.