Senior Engineer, Backend - Orchestration v Česko

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Engineer, Backend - Orchestration based in Czechia. Join a globally distributed engineering team building the infrastructure that enables businesses to manage payments more efficiently across international markets. As a Senior Backend Engineer specializing in orchestration, you will design and implement core backend services that power complex, high-performance distributed systems. You will take ownership of important technical decisions, ensuring systems are scalable, reliable, and built for long-term growth. Working in a product-driven environment, you will collaborate across teams to deliver clean, maintainable code and improve the developer experience for customers and integration partners. You will contribute to engineering excellence through testing, code reviews, documentation, and continuous improvement. This remote opportunity offers the autonomy to shape technical solutions while working alongside a collaborative team focused on building impactful financial technology. Accountabilities: In this role, you will lead backend development initiatives, make sound architectural decisions, and help deliver scalable services that support complex payment workflows and seamless integrations. - Design, develop, and maintain core backend services for high-performance, complex distributed systems. - Take ownership of key technical decisions, balancing scalability, reliability, maintainability, and delivery speed. - Build and optimize backend architecture to support evolving product requirements and business growth. - Write clean, modern, well-tested code that follows established engineering standards. - Apply modern software development practices, including test-driven development (TDD) and behavior-driven development (BDD), where appropriate. - Develop and improve frameworks, tools, and workflows that enable customers and third-party developers to integrate services efficiently.

- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering and product teams to deliver solutions aligned with user and business needs. - Conduct code reviews, share technical knowledge, and identify opportunities to improve engineering practices. - Create and maintain detailed technical documentation to support knowledge sharing and long-term maintainability. - Contribute to improving payment workflows and the overall developer experience for merchants and integration partners. Requirements: The ideal candidate has strong backend engineering fundamentals, understands the complete software development lifecycle, and can work independently while collaborating effectively within a remote, product-focused team. - In-depth understanding of the software development lifecycle, including system design, development, testing, and deployment. - Experience designing and implementing backend services for distributed systems. - Knowledge of building developer frameworks, integration tools, and workflows that simplify customer and third-party integrations. - Proficiency in a backend programming language; experience with Python is advantageous, but candidates from other technical backgrounds are welcome. - Familiarity with modern development methodologies, including TDD and BDD, is beneficial. - Understanding of scalable system design, code quality, testing strategies, and maintainable software architecture. - Knowledge of the payments industry and an interest in optimizing merchant and developer experiences. - Strong written and verbal communication skills. - A self-motivated, proactive approach, with the ability to take ownership, work autonomously, and deliver results. - A collaborative mindset and willingness to participate in code reviews, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.