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Job Description
Topcon Positioning Group is headquartered in Livermore California USA (). We design manufacture and distribute productivity tools for developing a brighter future. Whether cultivating the earth or building upon it Topcon brings innovation in workflow automation and seamless connectivity of data to construction geopositioning and agriculture industries focused on developing a sustainable tomorrow.
Topcon Positioning is looking for a qualified individual to fill the role of an
Backend Architect ()
Work location: TOPCON Office located in Bologna ( Italy )
Smart working activity ( home office) for 3 days per week
Job Purpose
Were building intelligent platforms that automate and optimize construction and geospatial workflows and were looking for a Backend Architect with deep expertise in cloud-native architecture and high-load distributed systems.
This is a hands-on senior-level role where youll lead the design and scalability of complex backend services with a strong focus on AWS cloud efficiency performance and resilience at scale.
What Youll Do
- Architect and evolve backend infrastructure for mission-critical high-traffic applications used globally
- Design scalable systems using and TypeScript applying modern async patterns and event-driven design
- Lead architectural decisions related to cloud infrastructure (AWS) optimizing for cost-efficiency scalability and resilience
- Define and enforce engineering best practices across backend teams
- Work with DevOps and SREs to ensure production systems are reliable observable and easily maintainable
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product frontend and data teams to shape end-to-end solutions
- Drive architectural reviews documentation and mentoring across the engineering organization
What Were Looking For
- University degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Electronics or a related field.
- 10 working experience in Software Development field.
- 6 years of backend development experience with at least 3 years architecting large-scale systems in / TypeScript
- Proven track record building and scaling high-load cloud-native systems in production
- Deep understanding of AWS services (e.g. ECS/EKS Lambda S3 DynamoDB RDS CloudWatch) and cost-efficient architecture design
- Strong knowledge of microservices containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and message-driven systems (Kafka RabbitMQ)
- Experience with both NoSQL and relational databases and their performance tuning in large-scale environments
- Solid grasp of software architecture principles: domain-driven design event sourcing clean architecture
- Excellent communication skills and ability to drive technical discussions in English
- Comfortable working in distributed cross-cultural teams
Nice to Have
- Hands-on experience optimizing cloud cost at scale using AWS Budgets Graviton or Spot Instances
- Exposure to Edge computing real-time data streaming or geo-distributed systems
- Familiarity with Terraform Pulumi or other IaC tools
- Background in geospatial GIS or construction tech is a plus
- Leadership experience in mentoring or scaling global engineering teams
Working Conditions
We offer a balanced work setup that combines in-person collaboration with flexibility:
- Office presence: at our Bologna office ( full time) 2 days per week
- Remote work options (Smart Working) available three days per week
Wed love to hear from you! Please send us your application and the earliest date you could join our team.
For further information please contact our Corporate Senior Recruiter TOPCON Europe Mr. Simone Masseroni by mailing
Employment Type
Full-Time
