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Job Description

Your day to day:

We’re looking for a skilled Backend Developer to join our team and help us design and build robust, scalable, and efficient backend services. Your primary focus will be working with Java (11+) and Spring Boot, but we also welcome experience with other backend technologies like Golang.

With these activities you will have a great impact on our business:

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs
  • Collaborate with frontend developers, DevOps, QA, and product teams to deliver high-quality features
  • Build scalable microservices and event-driven architectures
  • Ensure high availability and performance of backend systems
  • Write clean, testable, and maintainable code with unit and integration tests
  • Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in real-time during testing phases
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of development practices and CI/CD pipelines

With these skills you are a great candidate:

  • Proficiency in REST API design, development & integration
  • Security best practices in backend development
  • Solid grasp of Unit Testing and TDD
  • Exposure to Kafka or similar messaging platforms (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, etc.)
  • Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and familiarity with microservices and event-driven architecture

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

  • Strong experience with Java 8+ and Spring Boot
  • Bonus points for experience with Golang
  • Solid knowledge of Git and version control best practices
  • Familiarity with Docker or other containerization tools
  • Cloud environment familiarity (AWS, GCP, Azure—any is welcome)

Sounds like the perfect job? We’ve got even more to offer:

  • Hybrid way of working
  • Medical and dental services
  • Life and hospitalization insurance
  • Dedicated employee phone subscription
  • Take control of your benefits and choose any of the below options: meal tickets/private pension/vacation vouchers/cultural vouchers within the budget.
  • Special discounts for gyms and retailers
  • Annual Company Bonus
  • Loyalty Programme
  • Ongoing Education – we continuously invest in you to ensure you have everything needed to excel on the job and enhance your skills
  • You get to work with tried and trusted web-technology
  • Getting in on the ground floor of a technology changing company
  • We let you write your own story: go for a trip, experience new things, have fun and enjoy your 23 vacation days.
  • Special Paternal Program - 4 months of paid paternity leave

Company benefits

UK (28), India (22), Egypt (21), Hungary (20), Romania (20), Albania (22), Turkey (14) days annual leave + bank holidays
Work from anywhere scheme – work for up to 20 days/year abroad (dependant on country)
Annual bonus – dependant on company performance
Employee discounts
Personal development days – once per quarter
Learning platform – access to Harvard Business Publishing, MIT Horizon and Skillsoft
Enhanced maternity leave – 16 weeks (paid) with a phased return to work over 6 months
Enhanced paternity leave – 16 weeks (paid) with a phased return to work over 6 months
Volunteer days – up to 5 days
Coaching – access to a free certified internal pool of coaches
Mentoring
Carer’s leave
Adoption leave – 16 weeks (paid) with a phased return to work over 6 months
Enhanced sick days
Mental health platform access
Mental health first aiders
Employee assistance programme
Complimentary Medical Services – 24/7 online doctor service
Compassionate leave
Home office set up
Buddy scheme
Referral bonus
Early finish Fridays
Buy or sell annual leave
Cycle to work scheme
Life insurance
Sabbaticals
Salary sacrifice
Share options
Teambuilding days
Faith rooms
Enhanced pension match/contribution
LinkedIn learning license

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85,887

Gender diversity (male:female)

61:39

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