Senior Backend Engineer

Overview

CAREERS TO SMILE ABOUT

At PepsiCo, you’ll discover a place where our mission is to create smiles around the world. With a portfolio of more than 500 beloved brands including, Gatorade, Lay’s and Quaker, our work touches millions of people every day.

At the heart of the company is a team of thinkers, creators, and problem-solvers who collaborate to innovate and turn ideas into action. Driven by innovation and a focus on creating joyful moments through food and drinks, our decisions are guided by consumer centricity, creating opportunities for our associates to do meaningful work and make a lasting impact in the communities we serve.

Whatever your role, you’ll be part of a global community that values your ideas and empowers you to make an impact, on your career and on the world around you.

Location OverviewWorking with inspiring and experienced colleagues, you'll find that the atmosphere in our city-centre office in Kraków is informal and engaging. With drive and ingenuity, our teams deliver vital services to PepsiCo employees around the world. With an active, get-things-done culture, this is a place where your dynamism and agility will make a difference.

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Backend Developer to join our Supply Chain technology team, focused on building and scaling warehouse management and logistics solutions. In this role, you will design and develop robust, high-performance backend systems that support critical warehouse operations such as inventory management, order fulfillment, shipment tracking, and real-time event processing.

You will work on cloud-native, distributed systems and contribute to modernizing warehouse platforms using microservices architecture. This role requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams across product, engineering, and operations to deliver scalable, reliable, and efficient solutions that drive supply chain excellence.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and Python.
• Build and manage RESTful APIs and microservices supporting warehouse and supply chain operations.
• Develop event-driven architectures for real-time processing of warehouse events (inventory updates, shipment status, etc.).
• Collaborate with frontend teams to integrate backend services with React.js-based applications.
• Work with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP) to deploy, monitor, and scale applications.
• Ensure system reliability, performance, and scalability for high-throughput distributed systems.
• Apply software design principles and design patterns to create maintainable and extensible solutions.
• Optimize database performance and manage data models for large-scale operational systems.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and automated testing strategies.
• Partner with global teams to align on architecture, design, and delivery timelines

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years of experience building scalable distributed backend systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and/or Python.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
• Experience building APIs, microservices, and cloud-native applications.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud).
• Strong understanding of high-throughput, real-time systems.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with global teams.

To support informed and transparent discussions, candidates who progress to the interview stage will be provided with information on the initial remuneration level for the role. Any questions and further details about the process will be discussed during the interview.​

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