Lead Backend Engineer

Join us as a Lead Backend Engineer and take ownership of developing and deploying scalable, cloud-native backend applications. We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced engineer who can drive technical direction, ensure best practices, and optimize distributed backend solutions.

We are strengthening and modernizing our platform to make it fully cloud-native, leveraging AWS services, event-driven architectures, and microservices as the foundation for all future products. The platform will be designed for scalability, flexibility, and multi-tenancy, leveraging event-driven architecture and containerized deployments on Kubernetes.

As a Lead Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining backend applications in a cloud-native environment. You will work closely with a team of engineers to develop robust and scalable backend services, prioritizing system reliability, security, and maintainability. This role requires a deep understanding of modern backend development, and event-driven architecture.

You will play a key role in shaping the backend architecture, ensuring secure and scalable implementations, and mentoring the development team.

• Develop scalable backend applications designed for cloud-native deployments.
• Lead the technical direction of backend solutions, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Implement event-driven architectures, leveraging message queue technologies like Kafka.
• Ensure observability of deployed services using modern monitoring and logging tools.
• Manage full lifecycle deployment, from development to CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop robust, end-to-end solutions.
• Optimize cost and performance by selecting the right mix of cloud-native technologies.
• Focus on security best practices, ensuring compliance and protection of sensitive data.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies in cloud-native backend development.
• Mentor and guide engineers, fostering a high-performance engineering culture

• 8+ years of experience in backend software development, with a focus on multi-tenant architectures in cloud environments.
• Strong expertise in microservices architecture and cloud-native deployments.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and microservices.
• Experience with message queue technologies (e.g., Kafka), with a strong understanding of event-driven architectures.
• Knowledge of workflow engines such as Apache Flink is a plus.
• Strong focus on security principles, including IAM policies, data encryption, and compliance.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging solutions such as DynaTrace and OpenTelemetry.
• Ability to set technical direction, mentor team members, and ensure best development practices.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

• Work with modern cloud-native technologies and shape backend architecture.
• Lead the development of scalable, event-driven applications.
• Be part of an international and highly skilled team of engineers.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• A culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.

Stibo DX is the global leader in digital transformation for media enterprises. Our platform and services help automate complex content production and multi-channel delivery for the most ambitious and successful media across the globe. A global and dynamic team of 200+ employees across Aarhus, Copenhagen, Atlanta, Hamburg, Oslo and Dhaka, we combine creativity and innovation with the stability of a long-standing organization.

Among our customers are The New York Times, Hearst, Gannett, The Economist, JP Politikens Hus, Mediahuis, The Hindu, and many more. If you want to be part of a team where individuals are valued and trust is a driver, we encourage you to apply today.

Stibo DX is collaborating with GML-HR on this recruitment. You are welcome to contact Partner at GML-HR Lars Halsboe on phone +45 24 25 88 08 to hear more about the position.

Every inquiry is treated confidentially.

If you're passionate about building high-quality, cloud-native backend solutions and want to drive technical excellence, we'd love to hear from you.