Senior Back-End

Company description

Publicis Global Delivery (PGD); Publicis Groupe’s industry leading globally connected capability platform. Where talent, technology & operations combine to delivery amazing solutions for our clients. Expertise across Media, Data, Technology, Commerce & Production in all regions of the world.

PGD is comprised of the best talent, and ways-of-working, which enables global scale, innovation and transformation, each day.

Culture, growth and wellbeing underline all aspects of Publicis Global Delivery.

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Overview

The Senior Backend Engineer / Software Architect plays a key role in the design, development, and optimization of scalable backend systems that power critical business applications. This role combines deep technical expertise, architectural vision, and leadership skills to define standards, ensure code quality, and guide teams in building secure, maintainable, and high-performance software solutions.

The ideal candidate is both a hands-on builder and a strategic thinker, capable of moving seamlessly from architectural design to code implementation while ensuring alignment with long-term business and technology goals.

Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

Define and maintain the architectural blueprint for backend systems, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-efficiency

Establish development standards, best practices, and governance models for microservices and APIs

Lead the design of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and data flow across services

Development & Implementation

Develop robust, reusable, and efficient backend components using modern frameworks (e.g., .NET Core, Node.js, Python, Java, or Go)

Design RESTful and GraphQL APIs that serve as the foundation for frontend and external integrations

Collaborate with DevOps engineers to implement CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes)

Performance & Reliability

Conduct performance tuning, scalability assessments, and architecture reviews

Ensure high availability, resilience, and monitoring through observability tools (e.g., Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)

Implement security and compliance standards aligned with organizational and industry best practices

Collaboration & Mentorship

Partner with Product, Data, and Frontend teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions

Review and guide the work of other engineers to maintain architectural consistency and technical excellence

Mentor developers and promote continuous learning, automation, and engineering maturity across teams

Qualifications

Preferred Skills

Familiarity with event-driven systems

Experience integrating with identity and access management solutions

Exposure to serverless computing and domain-driven design (DDD) principles

Prior experience in global delivery or multi-region environments

Behavioral Competencies

Strong ownership and accountability for end-to-end solutions.

Strategic mindset with the ability to simplify complex problems into clear architectural decisions.

Pragmatic, hands-on, and comfortable balancing speed with technical rigor.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audience

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