Senior Backend Platform Engineer

Kraków - Poland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Role Description:
We are a leading European tech company building scalable high-performance backend services and platforms for enterprise and AI-driven applications.
Our mission is to combine cutting-edge backend technologies with reliable automated DevOps practices ensuring secure maintainable and high-quality systems for our clients.

As a Senior Backend / Platform Engineer you will play a key role in designing developing and deploying backend services internal tools and platform infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with product teams frontend engineers and DevOps to deliver robust scalable and production-ready solutions.

Responsibilities:

Design develop and maintain backend services using Python (FastAPI)
Work with PostgreSQL to design schemas optimize queries and ensure data integrity
Build and maintain internal CLI tools using TypeScript / Nx
Manage deployment workflows and infrastructure using Kubernetes (K8s) and Helm
Implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions for automated testing and deployment
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve system architecture reliability and scalability
Troubleshoot and optimize performance across backend services and infrastructure

Requirements:

5 years of experience in backend development
Strong proficiency in Python especially building APIs with FastAPI
Solid experience with relational databases preferably PostgreSQL

Experience with TypeScript / Nx for tooling or automation tasks
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and Helm
Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
Strong problem-solving skills system design thinking and attention to detail

Nice to Have:

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure)
Familiarity with containerization best practices (Docker)
Exposure to observability logging and monitoring tools
Experience integrating backend systems with frontend or AI/ML pipelines

We offer*:

Flexible working format - remote office-based or flexible
A competitive salary and good compensation package
Personalized career growth
Professional development tools (mentorship program tech talks and trainings centers of excellence and more)
Active tech communities with regular knowledge sharing
Education reimbursement
Memorable anniversary presents
Corporate events and team buildings
Other location-specific benefits

*not applicable for freelancers

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Role Description:We are a leading European tech company building scalable high-performance backend services and platforms for enterprise and AI-driven applications.Our mission is to combine cutting-edge backend technologies with reliable automated DevOps practices ensuring secure maintainable and hi...