Senior Backend Developer, Python/Go

Acronis

. Design, develop and maintain backend services and public APIs in Python and Go for the platform management layer .

Posted 11/12/2026full-timeRemote • Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary, Portugal, United Kingdom, Croatia, Spain, Greece, Germany, CzechiaSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backend software development with a strong focus on Python and Go, including designing and building microservices and REST APIs. Proficient in managing distributed systems, databases, and cloud infrastructure while ensuring software quality and effective communication across teams.

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Python DevelopmentGo DevelopmentMicroservices ArchitectureDistributed SystemsAI-Assisted Engineering

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Hard Skills

Backend Software DevelopmentREST API DesignDatabase Schema DesignMessage QueuesLinuxContainersScriptingAuthenticationAuthorizationMulti-Tenant Access Control

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsTroubleshooting SkillsCommunication SkillsCollaboration SkillsMentoring

Tools & Technologies

DockerOpenStackKubernetesPrometheusGrafanaELKSystemdRPM Packaging

Industry Keywords

Cloud InfrastructureVirtualization PlatformsMonitoring and ObservabilityProduction ServicesTechnical Ownership

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed SystemsDockerGrafanaKubernetesLinuxMicroservicesNode.jsOpenStackPrometheusPythonGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop and maintain backend services and public APIs in Python and Go for the platform management layer
Build services orchestrating cluster and node lifecycle, rolling updates, configuration management and recovery from partial failures
Develop multi-tenant and multi-tier product capabilities, including projects, quotas, role-based access control, authentication, authorization, audit and self-service functionality
Develop monitoring, alerting, metrics, reporting and telemetry pipelines
Design data models and work with databases and message queues while maintaining backward-compatible schema and API changes
Investigate and resolve complex development and production cluster issues, from root-cause analysis through implementation, validation and production
Contribute to architecture and interface design of management components and integrations with Acronis products and partner-facing APIs
Own software quality through unit, functional, integration, API contract, fault-injection and scale testing, code reviews and CI coverage
Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools for development, code analysis, debugging, root-cause investigation, trace/log analysis and technical research
Write software and operational documentation
Work closely with QA, support and product teams to deliver software to service providers and their customers
Share backend and distributed-systems expertise through technical discussions, design and code reviews and documentation
Mentor engineers joining the team
Communicate progress, technical challenges, risks, dependencies and critical issues to the Management Backend Team lead

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of relevant backend software development experience, with a track record of shipping and supporting production services
Strong Python; solid Go, or the ability and willingness to work across both languages day to day
Proven experience designing and building microservices and REST APIs that run under high load, including their versioning, compatibility and documentation
Solid understanding of distributed systems: asynchronous task processing and orchestration, idempotency and retries, consistency and failure handling, and how a service behaves when its dependencies are slow or gone
Hands-on experience with relational databases, including schema design, migrations and query performance
Experience with message queues or brokers
Good working knowledge of Linux, containers, and deployment and packaging of services, including systemd, RPM packaging, Docker or comparable tools
Solid command-line and scripting skills
Practical experience with authentication, authorization and multi-tenant access control models
Experience with cloud infrastructure or virtualization platforms such as OpenStack, Kubernetes, software-defined storage or networking is a strong advantage
Experience with monitoring and observability stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK or comparable tools is an advantage
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across services, databases, operating systems and infrastructure layers
AI-assisted engineering experience is mandatory, including practical use of AI for development, debugging, code analysis, investigation and technical research
Demonstrated ability to take technical ownership of a service, work with a large inherited codebase and share technical expertise across teams
Excellent English communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Resume and application must be submitted in English
Successful completion of applicable criminal, education and identity background checks

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal opportunity employment
Employment offers contingent upon successful completion of applicable criminal, education and identity background checks