Senior Back-End

Publicis Groupe; Bogotá; On-site; COP 120,000,000 - 240,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V's Publicis Global Delivery seeks a Senior Backend Engineer / Software Architect who designs, develops, and optimizes scalable backend systems powering critical business applications. This role blends hands-on implementation with architectural vision, moving from design to code while aligning with long-term business and technology goals.

You will set development standards for microservices and APIs, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Product, Data, and Frontend

Qualifications

• Experience with backend system design and performance tuning.
• Knowledge of microservices and API governance best practices.
• Ability to mentor engineers and promote engineering maturity.
• Exposure to global delivery or multi-region environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the architectural blueprint for backend systems, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-efficiency.
• Develop robust backend components and APIs using modern frameworks and languages.
• Collaborate with DevOps to implement CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Mentor developers, review work for architectural consistency, and drive engineering excellence across teams.

Skills

Event-driven architecture

API design

Mentorship

DevOps collaboration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

REST/GraphQL APIs

Job description

Company description

Publicis Global Delivery (PGD); Publicis Groupe’s industry leading globally connected capability platform. Where talent, technology & operations combine to delivery amazing solutions for our clients. Expertise across Media, Data, Technology, Commerce & Production in all regions of the world.

PGD is comprised of the best talent, and ways-of-working, which enables global scale, innovation and transformation, each day.

Culture, growth and wellbeing underline all aspects of Publicis Global Delivery.

#WeArePGD

Overview

The Senior Backend Engineer / Software Architect plays a key role in the design, development, and optimization of scalable backend systems that power critical business applications. This role combines deep technical expertise, architectural vision, and leadership skills to define standards, ensure code quality, and guide teams in building secure, maintainable, and high-performance software solutions.

The ideal candidate is both a hands-on builder and a strategic thinker, capable of moving seamlessly from architectural design to code implementation while ensuring alignment with long-term business and technology goals.

Responsibilities

Architecture & Design

• Define and maintain the architectural blueprint for backend systems, ensuring scalability, security, and cost-efficiency
• Establish development standards, best practices, and governance models for microservices and APIs
• Lead the design of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and data flow across services

Development & Implementation

• Develop robust, reusable, and efficient backend components using modern frameworks (e.g., .NET Core, Node.js, Python, Java, or Go)
• Design RESTful and GraphQL APIs that serve as the foundation for frontend and external integrations
• Collaborate with DevOps engineers to implement CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes)

Performance & Reliability

• Conduct performance tuning, scalability assessments, and architecture reviews
• Ensure high availability, resilience, and monitoring through observability tools (e.g., Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
• Implement security and compliance standards aligned with organizational and industry best practices

Collaboration & Mentorship

• Partner with Product, Data, and Frontend teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Review and guide the work of other engineers to maintain architectural consistency and technical excellence
• Mentor developers and promote continuous learning, automation, and engineering maturity across teams

Qualifications

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with event-driven systems
• Experience integrating with identity and access management solutions
• Exposure to serverless computing and domain-driven design (DDD) principles
• Prior experience in global delivery or multi-region environments

Behavioral Competencies

• Strong ownership and accountability for end-to-end solutions.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to simplify complex problems into clear architectural decisions.
• Pragmatic, hands-on, and comfortable balancing speed with technical rigor.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audience