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Nemetschek Group · 1 month ago

Principal Engineer, Backend

United States

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

$183K/yr - $251K/yr

10+ years exp

Nemetschek Group is a company that empowers people to advance the way the world is built through smart software solutions. The Principal Engineer, Backend will architect, design, and build resilient, large-scale backend systems for Bluebeam’s Subscription Platform while collaborating with multiple cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives.

Computer Software

Work & Life Balance

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and lead the implementation of cloud-native backend systems that are scalable, secure, and resilient, particularly with Identity, AWS and Go-based microservices

Proactively identify architectural risks, surface trade-offs, and implement solutions that account for security, compliance, and performance within the customer subscription space

Guide and mentor other engineers in backend systems to elevate design rigor, technical problem decomposition, and system reliability

Rapidly ramp up on unfamiliar problem spaces, codebases, and technologies to deliver timely value on complex projects

Is the go-to expert for complex areas of our systems

Advises Product and Engineering management on technology direction, trade-offs, and technical investments aligned with business goals

Collaborate with partner teams (Architecture, Client Applications, SRE, Security, Product, DevOps) for end-to-end solution delivery, platform consistency, and operational excellence

Qualification

AWS Certified Solutions ArchitectGo (Golang)Cloud-native applicationsMicroservices architectureSQL/NoSQLInfrastructure-as-codeContainerization (Docker)Orchestration (Kubernetes)Automated deploymentsTechnical mentoringTeam-orientedCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree or higher - Computer Science or equivalent field

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

10+ years building high performing/data intensive applications running in the Cloud

Evidence of progressive responsibility and significant architectural & business impact

Advanced expertise in backend development, including designing, building, and operating production-grade REST and GraphQL APIs using Go (Golang) and/or .Net

Extensive knowledge and practical experience with cloud infrastructure, architecting and supporting complex, large-scale distributed environments, preferably leveraging AWS

Strong database fundamentals: SQL/NoSQL, schema design, query optimization, and cloud-native managed data stores

Experience designing, creating high-quality microservices

Leading a team to deliver cloud native applications to market using Amazon AWS (like EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, ELB, Lambda)

Comfortable with infrastructure-as-code, containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and automated deployments (Terraform/CircleCI/GitHub Actions or similar)

Solid knowledge of microservice architecture, containerization, and container orchestration

Profound contributions as technical mentor and leader for backend, SRE, and backend teams

Willingness to learn and expand skills and repertoire

A positive mindset, team-oriented, results driven, and organized

Experience mentoring other team members

Strong written and verbal communication skills