Staff Backend Architect – Scalable BIM Platform

Procore; Stavanger; On-site; NOK 880,000 - 1,210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Bonus incentive

Professional development

Job summary

Procore’s Product & Technology Team in Stavanger, Norway seeks a Staff Backend Engineer (C#/C++) to shape architecture and backend systems powering BIM and construction management at scale.

You'll design high-performance distributed services, lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Product, Frontend, Infrastructure and Platform teams to deliver robust APIs and scalable services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience building production-grade backend systems.
• Strong expertise in modern C++ (C++17/20 or later), including memory management, concurrency, and performance optimization.
• Experience designing and building distributed systems and microservices at scale.
• Deep understanding of multithreading, networking, and asynchronous programming.
• Experience with service-oriented architecture and API design (REST/gRPC).
• Familiarity with containerized environments and cloud-native infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system-level design.
• Experience working with high-throughput, low-latency systems.
• Experience operating software at scale (thousands of hosts, millions of users).
• Track record of identifying architectural risks early and driving long-term technical strategy.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and improving developer productivity.
• Strong documentation skills and ability to bring clarity to complex technical solutions.
• Ability to balance short-term delivery needs with long-term architectural vision.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of high-performance backend systems written in Rust/C/C++, powering Procore’s BIM and construction technology platform.
• Architect and build scalable, distributed services aligned with Procore’s service-oriented and microservices architecture.
• Own complex technical initiatives from concept to production, ensuring reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Frontend, Infrastructure, and Platform teams to deliver robust APIs and backend services.
• Establish and promote engineering best practices in system design, code quality, testing, and performance optimization.
• Drive architectural decisions that support enterprise-scale customers across international markets.
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers, providing technical leadership, code reviews, and design guidance.
• Anticipate scalability, reliability, and performance challenges in large distributed systems and proactively design solutions.
• Contribute to CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence across backend services.

Skills

Modern C++ (C++17/20+)

Distributed systems

Multithreading

API design (REST/gRPC)

Cloud-native / containerization

Performance optimization

Leadership / mentoring

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Procore’s Product & Technology Team in Stavanger, Norway seeks a Staff Backend Engineer (C#/C++) to shape architecture and backend systems powering BIM and construction management at scale.

You'll design high-performance distributed services, lead architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and collaborate across Product, Frontend, Infrastructure and Platform teams to deliver robust APIs and scalable services.