Back-End Software Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Back-End Software Engineer to join a cross-functional product team responsible for a customer-facing platform. The engineer will focus on building and scaling robust, highly available back-end services in a cloud-native, event-driven environment.

The role requires strong autonomy, solid architectural understanding, and close collaboration with Product, Front-End, and SRE teams.

What Will You Do

- Design, develop, and maintain scalable back-end services
- Implement clean, maintainable, and testable code (primarily Scala and Java)
- Contribute to system and service architecture decisions
- Build and evolve distributed systems and microservices
- Collaborate closely with Product to deliver user-centric solutions
- Ensure high standards for code quality, reliability, and performance
- Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing
- Support and improve CI/CD pipelines and delivery processes

Required Knowledge And Experience

- 3+ years of experience in Software Engineering.
- Solid experience with Scala (Pekko/Akka, Cats, Cats Effect) and/or Java
- Preferably Python knowledge
- Practical experience with Event Sourcing, CQRS, and Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
- Experience designing and scaling microservice architectures




- Building and maintaining high-performance, resilient APIs
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, fault tolerance, and observability
- Hands-on experience with Kafka and event-driven architecture
- Cloud-native development on AWS
- Containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases
- Experience working in Agile product development teams.

What Will You Bring As a Colleague

- A critical thinking mindset and the courage to speak your mind.
- A growth mindset and the determination to improve yourself and others.
- Great communication skills in English.

Category

Technology / Skill

Languages Scala (expert-level), Java, Python

Frameworks

Spring Core, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Hibernate (ORM)

Messaging & Integration

Apache Kafka

Databases

PostgreSQL, complex query writing & optimization

Testing & Quality

JUnit, Mockito, API testing, contract stability

Infrastructure & DevOps

Git, Docker, Jenkins, Kubernetes

Cloud

AWS

Systems Thinking

Scalable, secure, and performant server-side logic

Soft Skills

Ownership & accountability

Java, Scala

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