Staff Backend Engineer (Technical Lead Responsibilities Multi-Domain)

About Qdrant

Qdrant is a fully remote cutting-edge technology company building the next generation of AI-native search infrastructure through our open-source vector database and managed Cloud offering. Our platform powers real-time search recommendation systems and AI workloads across major cloud providers worldwide.

As we scale we are strengthening core domains across our Cloud platform including billing identity provisioning admin workflows integrations and usage metering and we are looking for a Staff-level engineer who can take technical leadership across multiple areas not just one single domain.

Tasks

Role Overview

We are hiring a Staff Backend Engineer with Technical Lead responsibilities who will take ownership of complex backend domains and drive architectural clarity execution quality and cross-functional alignment across the Cloud organization.

Your initial focus will likely involve a high-priority domain such as Billing Payments or Usage Metering but this is not a billing-only role. Because Qdrant operates in a fast-paced evolving environment this person must be comfortableand motivatedto take ownership of other business-critical domains as priorities shift.

This is a senior individual contributor role with broad architectural influence strong cross-functional leadership expectations and a direct impact on the direction of our Cloud platform.

We prefer candidates based in EMEA for optimal collaboration.

Requirements

What Youll Do

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Own the architecture and technical strategy of one or more high-impact backend domains.
• Drive system design establish service boundaries and shape long-term platform evolution.
• Modernise legacy systems and lead migrations toward clean scalable maintainable architectures.
• Define engineering standards architectural guardrails and review best practices.
• Ensure correctness reliability observability and maintainability across the systems you own.

Technical Lead Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction for your domain and act as the main engineering point of contact.
• Collaborate with Product Finance Growth Support and Platform teams to translate requirements into robust engineering solutions.
• Coordinate execution across cross-functional contributors and ensure high-quality delivery.
• Communicate technical options trade-offs and risks clearly to both engineering and non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead design discussions review significant PRs and mentor Senior and Mid-level engineers.
• Help shape quarterly Cloud engineering priorities by representing the needs of your domain.
• Proactively identify risks and drive mitigation plans end-to-end.

Execution & Delivery

• Ensure technical execution is predictable aligned and sustainable.
• Remove blockers that hinder delivery or compromise system stability.
• Champion observability operational excellence and data correctness.
• Guide teams through ambiguity and evolving priorities.

Adaptability in a Fast-Paced Environment

• Bring relevant experience in a critical domain (billing/payments/usage metering strongly preferred) but be ready and motivated to take ownership of other business areas as the company evolves.
• Adapt quickly to new problem spaces shifting priorities and emerging business demands.
• Help create technical clarity in domains that may still be undefined or require rapid iteration.

Domain Expertise (Billing as a Strong Plus)

While the role is intentionally multi-domain experience in one or several of the following is highly valuable:

• Billing Payments Pricing Models
• Usage Metering Event Pipelines
• IAM / Identity & Access
• Provisioning Orchestration Infrastructure SaaS workflows
• Backoffice/Admin systems
• Financial correctness reconciliation auditability
• High-volume transactional systems

What Were Looking For

Required Technical Expertise

• Strong proficiency in Python and Go (both required).
• Deep experience designing and evolving distributed systems.
• Excellent understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred).
• Familiarity with Kubernetes Docker and major cloud providers.
• Track record of building or significantly improving complex backend systems.

Required Leadership Capabilities

• Strong experience leading technical direction as a Senior or Staff IC.
• Ability to act as a Technical Lead across one or more domains.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to explain complex engineering concepts to non-engineers.
• Ability to mentor engineers and raise the technical bar across teams.
• Comfortable influencing roadmap decisions and representing your domain in leadership discussions.
• Ability to foresee risks and design solid mitigation plans.

Nice to Have

• Experience with billing pricing usage metering payments or reconciliation workflows.
• Experience with event-driven architectures ledgers data pipelines or event sourcing.
• Experience with gRPC GraphQL or API-first design.
• Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry.
• Background in SaaS fintech or marketplace payment systems.

Benefits

Why Join Us

• Competitive compensation in a fully remote environment.
• A Staff-level role with significant autonomy influence and responsibility.
• Opportunity to own and reshape multiple business domains over time.
• Direct input into Cloud engineering strategy and architectural decisions.
• A high-performance engineering culture grounded in pragmatism clarity and continuous improvement.
• Work alongside experienced engineers platform architects and a strong cross-functional leadership team.