PandaDoc provides a digital platform that automates the creation, sending, signing, and management of business documents such as quotes, contracts, and invoices.
<p>Currently, PandaDoc is seeking a <strong>Staff Backend Engineer</strong> to join our <strong>Document App Track</strong>.</p> <p>The role is part of the <strong>Document Domain team</strong>, which owns <strong>one of the most critical components of our platform — the document itself</strong>. While primarily focused on the Document Domain team, this engineer will also have an impact <strong>across the area and track level</strong>.<br>The team is responsible for the <strong>core functionality that powers document creation, editing, and management</strong> across the product.</p> <p>The Staff Engineer will contribute to the <strong>long-term domain excellence strategy</strong>, including <strong>AI Transformation of the Development Workflow</strong>, and collaborate with other tracks to deliver the best product solutions while maintaining <strong>technical excellence</strong>.</p> <p>The responsibilities include <strong>improving reliability</strong>, <strong>maintaining high-quality standards</strong>, <strong>enhancing developer experience</strong>, and <strong>evolving the document platform to support new product capabilities</strong>.</p> <p>Are you adaptable, driven, and friendly? Do you thrive in a fast-paced work environment where collaboration is the norm? If the answer is yes, then you're a Panda, and we want you to join our team.</p> <h3><strong>In this role, you will:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Drive the long term evolution and technical strategy of the Document Domain, balancing product needs, scalability, reliability, and developer experience.</li> <li>Champion AI-driven development workflows, mentoring engineers and improving the effectiveness, quality, and productivity of the engineering organization.</li> <li>Lead cross-team initiatives to deliver best-in-class document capabilities while aligning architecture and engineering practices across the track.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>About you:</strong></h3> <ul> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">At least 6+ years of development experience with Python.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Strong knowledge of relational databases (SQL, migrations, optimization), message queues (RabbitMQ, NATS, Kafka), event-driven systems, DDD fundamentals, and asynchronous programming.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Be fluent with AI workflow for development in order to leverage your own productivity and impact on the productivity of other team members.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Mentoring other engineers within the company to ensure their tech growth.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Working on domain strategy, being able to identify challenges and make solid plans for a horizon of one year.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Good understanding of the development cycle from requirements analysis and deployment to application monitoring.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Extensive hands-on experience in developing applications.</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Able to communicate technical ideas clearly in English across engineering teams, both verbally and in writing.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Our stack:</strong></h3> <ul> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Microservice fleet around a large monolithic application in Django</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">PostgreSQL, Redis, Memcached</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Python, Django</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Amazon Web Services</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Docker, Kubernetes</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Kafka, NATS</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">AsyncIO</li> <li data-stringify-indent="0" data-stringify-border="0">Grafana Monitoring Stack: Loki, Tempo, Mimir, Grafana</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Company Overview: </strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">PandaDoc empowers more than 67,000 growing organizations to thrive by taking the work out of document workflow. PandaDoc provides an all-in-one document workflow automation platform that helps fast scaling teams accelerate the ability to create, manage, and sign digital documents including proposals, quotes, contracts, and more. For more information, please visit </span><a href="https://www.pandadoc.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.pandadoc.com</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <h3><strong>Company Culture: </strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're known for our work-life balance, kind co-workers, & creative virtual team-bonding events. And although our Pandas are located across the globe, we stay connected with the help of technology and ensure that everyone on our team feels, well, like a team.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pandas work best when they're happy. We retain our talent by upholding our values of integrity & transparency, and selling a product that changes the lives of our customers. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check out our </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/pandadoc/life/pdcompanyculture"><span style="font-weight: 400;">LinkedIn</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to learn more.</span></p> <h3><strong>What We Offer</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Global & Flexible Work: </strong>We’re a global, remote-first company, but we welcome you to visit our vibrant offices in Warsaw, Lisbon, or Kyiv to connect with colleagues whenever it suits you.</li> <li><strong>Ownership & Growth:</strong> Work on a stable yet growing SaaS product, offering an agile environment, significant ownership, and a clear path for professional development within the Platform Engineering domain.</li>