Jobgether
Lead Backend Engineer - Piktochart
TLDR
Own the backend architecture powering a globally used visual storytelling platform, guiding scalable, secure systems and engineering excellence.
Accountabilities:
- Lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable, secure, and high-performance backend architecture supporting a global SaaS platform.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, and Frontend Engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions aligned with user and business needs.
- Ensure system reliability, performance, and scalability by monitoring, optimizing, and continuously improving backend services.
- Design and optimize database structures and queries to ensure data integrity, efficiency, and scalability under high load.
- Conduct code reviews and enforce best practices to ensure high-quality, maintainable, and well-documented codebases.
- Evaluate, introduce, and integrate modern tools, frameworks, and technologies to improve backend performance and development efficiency.
- Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to backend engineers, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
- 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering, ideally in production-scale SaaS environments.
- Strong expertise in Ruby on Rails and TypeScript, with hands-on experience building production systems.
- Deep understanding of backend architecture, system design, and scalable distributed applications.
- Proven experience building APIs, backend services, and data-driven applications.
- Strong knowledge of relational databases, query optimization, and data modeling.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software engineering practices.
- Experience with application security principles and production-grade system reliability.
- Proven leadership skills, including mentoring engineers and contributing to technical direction.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.
- Bonus: Experience building or working with AI tools, AI agents, or integrating AI-driven features into products.
- Competitive compensation package
- Flexible remote working model across Europe or LATAM
- Opportunity to work on a globally recognized, high-impact SaaS product
- Strong culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning
- Career growth opportunities with technical leadership responsibility
- Modern engineering environment focused on innovation and product excellence
- Inclusive, growth-oriented, and supportive international team culture
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How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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Benefits
Inclusive international team culture
Inclusive, growth-oriented, and supportive international team culture
Remote-Friendly
Flexible remote working model across Europe or LATAM
Jobgether runs the largest remote job platform, effectively linking job seekers with over 200,000 flexible and remote opportunities that match their unique skills and preferences. Our focus is on enhancing the hiring process, ensuring efficiency while prioritizing the candidate experience, particularly in the growing health and wellness sector.
- Founded
- Founded 2020
- Employees
- 11-50 employees
- Industry
- Professional Services
Backend Engineer