Senior Software Engineer

About HireRight Technology

HireRight Technology is an IT team supporting HireRight, the premier global background screening provider. Combining in-house talent, personalized services, and proprietary technology, we ensure the best candidate experience possible. Our software serves hundreds of thousands of users daily and the platform processes 100+ business events per second. The company is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and we are currently in the process of building our Katowice based Tech Hub. You will have the opportunity to cooperate closely in an international environment with our IT colleagues in Tallinn as well as other locations across the world.

Position overview

We are looking for a motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our international team. In this role you will design, build, and deliver applications powering the platform used by our customers every day. Working in an Agile environment, you will cooperate with Product Managers, Business Analysts and QAs on daily basis to support our applications and implement new functionality.

Location: Katowice

Model of work: Hybrid

B2B or Full Time Employment

Responsibilities

• Analyzes, designs and codes new complex software solutions or enhancements to existing products
• Partners product management, architects and quality assurance during all phases of SDLC to ensure the software meets functional and non-functional requirements; actively participates in Agile ceremonies
• Ensures quality by writing tests, participates in design and code reviews
• Develops test programs and functional prototypes when required
• Assists management with the technical evaluation of issues, including alternatives, risk assessments, and recommendations
• Leads, provides technical assistance and delegates tasks to less experienced team members.

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical field
• Certifications in Java or Cloud are a plus

Mandatory skills

• Proven experience with Java (at least 5 years)
• Good knowledge of Object-Oriented Principles and Design Patterns
• Experience with building RESTful services in SpringBoot
• Good knowledge of SQL, exposure to Hibernate/JPA/Spring JDBC
• Ability to design and optimize systems for scalability and performance
• Understanding of multi-threading and concurrency
• Experience using standard software development tools (e.g. IntelliJ, JUnit, JMeter, Maven, Jenkins, Git, Jira)
• Network protocols understanding; Unix user level skills
• Ability to lead the delivery of technical projects. Tech lead experience is a plus
• Excellent communication skills; problem solving mindset; collaborative approach, can-do attitude

Nice to have skills

• Experience with non-SQL databases (e.g. MongoDB) is a plus
• Cloud (Azure, AWS or GCP) insight, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Practice in a multi-tier, async, distributed architecture environment is a plus
• Exposure to streaming queues like Kafka or RabbitMQ

What do we offer on regular position

HireRight offers an employment contract with a competitive salary and comprehensive package of benefits including:

• Annual Bonus Plan
• Private Medical Care
• Group Life Insurance
• MyBenefit Cafeteria platform
• Lunch Vouchers
• Holiday Allowance
• Tax-deductible costs
• Paid Lunch Break (30 minutes)
• Hybrid work (flexibility to work 2 days/week from home)