Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

The Senior Software Engineer (Backend) designs, builds, and operates production-grade backend systems, APIs, and distributed services that support critical business and consumer-facing applications. The role sits within PUMA's Engineering organisation, which builds and operates the platforms, products, and services powering PUMA's digital ecosystem across global markets. The engineer works closely with Product Managers, Architects, Data Engineers, and fellow engineers to deliver secure, reliable, and scalable solutions.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable APIs, microservices, and backend services that support digital products and business platforms.
• Lead the technical design and implementation of complex software solutions, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and high performance.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, architecture, and data teams to deliver reliable and impactful business solutions.
• Build and integrate systems using modern cloud-native architectures, distributed systems patterns, and event-driven technologies.
• Develop and optimise data-intensive applications leveraging databases, caching solutions, messaging platforms, and search technologies.
• Drive improvements in application performance, reliability, observability, security, and operational excellence, including participating in production support, incident management, and continuous improvement to ensure system stability and availability.
• Contribute to architecture reviews, technical discussions, and engineering best practices across teams.
• Mentor and support engineers through code reviews, design guidance, and knowledge sharing.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external technology partners to accelerate delivery and innovation.
• Leverage modern engineering tools, automation, and AI-assisted development practices to improve productivity and software quality.

• 7+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale backend applications and distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, RESTful API design, and microservices architecture.
• Proven experience building scalable, highly available, resilient, and secure production systems.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles, software design patterns, and clean code practices.
• Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, or similar technologies.
• Experience with caching technologies such as Redis and event-streaming platforms such as Kafka.
• Experience building and operating cloud-native applications on Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Exposure to containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Exposure to AI/ML-powered applications, Generative AI, LLMs, RAG-based systems, AI-assisted engineering tools, or intelligent automation solutions.
• Familiarity with search technologies such as Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Azure AI Search, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, fault tolerance, observability, and performance optimisation.
• Experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing patterns.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or similar technologies.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, tracing, and operational excellence practices for production systems.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, test automation, and modern software delivery methodologies.

PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel, and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, operates in 120+ countries, and has around 22,000 employees worldwide. PUMA looks for SPEED & SPIRIT in candidates, defined by values that inspire it to BE DRIVEN in performance, BE VIBRANT in sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in team spirit, and let individual talent and experience shine.