Senior Backend Engineer – Piece

Role located in the first product of Piece’s portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable, maintainable, and well‑documented systems and APIs.
• Develop and maintain services in Python with a strong focus on Django, async programming, typing, Pydantic, and pytest.
• Apply SOLID principles, data structures, and algorithms to ensure clean, maintainable code.
• Build and integrate systems in event‑driven architectures.
• Contribute to cloud‑native development workflows, including Docker, Helm, and Ansible.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to ensure system reliability, performance, and security.
• Write clear documentation and contribute to knowledge‑sharing within the team.

Backend Architecture & Evolution

• Design and evolve the microservices that power the platform, with a focus on scalability and maintainability.