Senior Backend Engineer Germany

Backend platforms for high-load commerce systems.

I design and ship Go services, distributed systems, and reliability-focused platform components for teams that need scalable architecture and calm production operations.

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Experience
15+ yrs
Services
18+
Latency
-30%

System map

Artem Pisarev

Open to EU roles

Core

Go Services

Microservices, REST, gRPC, APIs

Data

PostgreSQL

Redis, NoSQL

Scale

Kafka

Distributed workflows

Platform

Kubernetes

Helm, Docker, CI/CD

Reliability

99.9%+

Observability, rollout care

Experience across

Zalando
Deliveroo
Amazon

Expertise

Backend depth with production ownership.

My strongest work sits where architecture, delivery speed, and operational reliability meet: services that are understandable, measurable, and built to survive real traffic.

Languages

Go, PHP, Node.js

Backend

Microservices, distributed systems, REST, gRPC, Kafka

Data

PostgreSQL, Redis, NoSQL

Infrastructure

Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, Linux

Observability

Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, production operations

Cloud

AWS, GCP, cloud-native service delivery

Professional Experience

Recent roles in European-scale commerce.

Jul 2023 - Present

Zalando

Senior Golang Developer

  • Designed and delivered 10+ Go microservices for a large-scale e-commerce platform with availability targets above 99.9%.
  • Introduced gRPC for service-to-service communication, reducing latency by 30% and increasing backend efficiency.
  • Drove architecture review processes, optimized GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and reduced deployment time by 40%.
  • Contributed to Kubernetes migration, Helm-based configuration, deployment standardization, and operational visibility.

Go · gRPC · PostgreSQL · Redis · Kafka · Docker · Kubernetes · GitLab CI/CD · Helm

Apr 2021 - Jul 2023

Deliveroo

Senior Golang Developer

  • Developed and maintained around 8 high-load backend services supporting core product and operational workflows.
  • Helped modernize legacy functionality toward a scalable microservices-based backend model.
  • Improved engineering quality through unit, integration, and functional testing practices.
  • Contributed to architecture discussions and technical reviews for business-critical backend services.

Go · PostgreSQL · Redis · Kafka · REST · Docker · CI/CD · Microservices

2020 - Apr 2021

Amazon

Backend Engineer, Go

  • Built REST APIs and backend services for large-scale commerce-related systems.
  • Worked on customer-facing and operational domains, including review-related and warehouse-oriented functionality.
  • Implemented backend integrations with relational and NoSQL databases in production environments.
  • Contributed to systems supporting platform scalability and day-to-day operational efficiency.

Go · REST API · PostgreSQL · NoSQL

Strengths

What I bring to a team.

Reliable and scalable backend systems in Go
Distributed microservice architecture
Performance, latency, and production stability
Legacy system modernization
Cross-functional product delivery
Architecture plus hands-on operations

Education

BSc, Management Information Systems

Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus · Branch of the University of Indianapolis · 1996 - 2000

MSc, Economics

Russian University of Cooperation · 2013 - 2016

MSc, Law

South Institute of Management · 2015 - 2018

Professional Program in Information Security

Kuban State Technological University · 2009

Languages

Russian Native
English B2-C1