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Varese / Global

Principal Backend Engineer

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Overview

As Principal Backend Engineer in the Foundations domain, you will shape and scale core backend systems powering hundreds of thousands of customers. You’ll lead cross-team initiatives with real business impact, steer technical roadmaps, and uplift the engineering organization through mentoring and enablement. Your work will connect business goals to technical decisions, driving AI-enabled and scalable infra. This is a high-visibility role at a fast-growing fintech shaping Europe’s finance workspace.

Responsabilità Own end-to-end programs spanning multiple teams and functions (Legal, Risk, Compliance, leadership) with business impact

Architect and scale core backend systems (transactions, search/indexing, billing) to support growth

Identify investments for Foundations (permissions, AI-native integrations) and translate into roadmaps

Mentor and enable engineers through programs and documentation to raise engineering bar

Bridge business needs and technical decisions, communicating clearly to engineers and executives

Requisiti fondamentali Designed and scaled high-volume backend architectures under growth pressure

Led multi-team initiatives with business outcomes connected to company goals

Autonomous and proactive in ambiguous environments, surfacing risks early

Experienced in mentoring or enabling engineering teams at scale

Interest in AI-enabled workflows and AI-native integrations

leadership

mentoring

communication

large-scale backend architecture

transactions, search/indexing, billing

multi-team program management

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