Lead Backend Engineer Job at Commencis

Lead Backend Engineer

Commencis

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We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced Lead Backend Engineer to join our team. Lead Backend Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems that power our products and services. In this role, you will translate business and product requirements into robust technical solutions, ensuring high performance, reliability, and security across backend services. As a technical leader, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including frontend developers, DevOps engineers, product managers, and solution architects to design and implement efficient, scalable, and maintainable backend architectures.

Job Responsibility:

Design, implement, and operate cloud-native AI/ML services that are secure, reliable, and cost-efficient ensuring that they meet the business objectives and adhere to service level agreements (SLA)
Deploy and maintain AI applications on cloud- architecture
Build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) stacks: embeddings, vector stores, chunking, and evaluation
Create MLOps foundations: experiment tracking, model registry, CI/CD for data & models, and Infrastructure-as-Code
Investigate new techniques, tools, and methods that might increase efficiency among engineering & technology and cloud teams, as well as leading execution processes of topics evaluated & planned for roll-out
Collaborate with other technical leaders and business stakeholders to align all constraints and come up with solutions regarding project/product/initiative outputs
Be accountable for the reliability and security of cloud infrastructure and services
Provide visibility of performance, cost, and the security of cloud infrastructure and services
Drive continuous improvement, continuous delivery, and lean practices within the cloud team
Keep up to date on modern technologies and trends and advocate for their inclusion within products when it makes sense
Identify emerging technology solutions that reduce costs, increase efficiencies, enhance capabilities, reduce risk and improve security
Ensure that all cloud technology applications create a positive customer experience

Requirements:

BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject
Proven hands-on software engineering experience
Strong experience in Java development
Strong experience with Spring Framework, preferably Spring Boot
Hands-on experience in designing and developing enterprise-grade backend applications
Solid understanding of microservice architecture and distributed systems
Experience with event-driven architecture and asynchronous integration patterns
Strong knowledge of scalable, resilient and high-availability system design
Solid understanding of object-oriented analysis and design using common design patterns
Experience with RESTful APIs and backend integration patterns
Experience leading highly skilled software engineers and supporting team growth
Ability to coordinate effectively across multiple teams and stakeholders
Strong communication skills in English, both written and spoken

Nice to have:

Team Lead and Agile Scrum experience is a strong plus
Experience with containerized environments and CI/CD pipelines
Experience with monitoring, logging and observability tools in distributed systems
Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and modern backend infrastructure
Experience in performance optimization, system reliability and production support

What we offer:

Competitive salary
Private health insurance
Pension and retirement plans through a company-backed pension system
Meal card
Commute compensation
Work-from home support
Paid birthday off
Flexible working hours including remote working option
Online events, guest speakers, refreshments in the office, meeting-light culture
Support learning and development programs for almost anything
Access to leading online e-learning platforms like Udemy and various libraries
Social activities include happy hours, workshops, new year party, breakfast & lunch get-togethers, movie nights, and Summer Festival
Flat organizational structure with a culture of direct and open communication

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Job Posted:
March 19, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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