Cloud-Native Backend Architect & Tech Leader; Go/AWS
Listed on 2026-02-16
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Software Development
Cloud Engineer - Software, Backend Developer
Location: Germany
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The Nemetschek Group is a pioneer for the digital transformation in the AEC/O industry and focuses on the use of open standards (OPEN BIM). As one of the world's leading groups in this industry, the Nemetschek Group increases the quality in the construction process with its intelligent software solutions and improves the digital workflow of all those involved in the process.
As a result, buildings can be planned, built, and operated more efficiently, sustainably and with less impact on resources.
At Bluebeam,we empower people toadvancethe way the world is built. We create smart software solutions that make construction sites more efficient, connected and safe and improve the lives of design and construction professionals everywhere.
The Principal Engineer, Backend will architect, design, and build resilient, large-scale backend systems for Bluebeam’s Subscription Platform. This role sets technical standards, mentors staff, advises on complex technical challenges, and ensures robust, production-grade solutions that meet demanding scalability, reliability, and security expectations in a distributed cloud native environment.
This role will also be responsible for collaborating with multiple cross-functional teams (Architecture, Product, Delivery, Quality, Dev Ops, Security, Executive Leadership) to accomplish important project objectives and key results.
About the Role:
- Architect, design, and lead the implementation of cloud-native backend systems that are scalable, secure, and resilient, particularly with Identity, AWS and Go-based microservices.
- Proactively identify architectural risks, surface trade-offs, and implement solutions that account for security, compliance, and performance within the customer subscription space.
- Guide and mentor other engineers in backend systems to elevate design rigor, technical problem decomposition, and system reliability.
- Rapidly ramp up on unfamiliar problem spaces, codebases, and technologies to deliver timely value on complex projects.
- Is the go-to expert for complex areas of our systems.
- Advises Product and Engineering management on technology direction, trade-offs, and technical investments aligned with business goals.
- Collaborate with partner teams (Architecture, Client Applications, SRE, Security, Product, Dev Ops) for end-to-end solution delivery, platform consistency, and operational excellence.
About You:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher - Computer Science or equivalent field.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- 10+ years building high performing/data intensive applications running in the Cloud.
- Evidence of progressive responsibility and significant architectural & business impact
- Advanced expertise in backend development, including designing, building, and operating production-grade REST and Graph
QL APIs using Go (Golang) and/or .Net - Extensive knowledge and practical experience with cloud infrastructure, architecting and supporting complex, large-scale distributed environments, preferably leveraging AWS
- Strong database fundamentals: SQL/No
SQL, schema design, query optimization, and cloud-native managed data stores. - Leading a team to deliver cloud native applications to market using Amazon AWS (like EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, Kinesis, ELB, Lambda).
- Comfortable with infrastructure-as-code, containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and automated deployments (Terraform/Circle
CI/Git Hub Actions or similar). - Solid knowledge of microservice architecture, containerization, and container orchestration.
- Profound contributions as technical mentor and leader for backend, SRE, and backend teams.
- Willingness to learn and expand skills and repertoire
- A positive mindset, team-oriented, results driven, and organized.
- Experience mentoring other team members
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred:
- Experience with identity federation and single sign-on (SSO) protocols (e.g., OAuth, SAML, OpenID Connect)
- Contributions to Go/Golang or cloud-native open-source projects.
What we offer:
- People-focused, entrepreneurial culture with the backing of a stable, global, corporate entity – Nemetschek
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- 100%…
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