Senior Software Engineer

About HireRight

HireRight is the premier global background screening and workforce solutions provider. We bring clarity and confidence to vetting and hiring decisions through integrated, tailored solutions, driving a higher standard of accuracy in everything we do. Combining in-house talent, personalized services, and proprietary technology, we ensure the best candidate experience possible. PBSA accredited and based in Nashville, Tennessee, we offer expertise from our regional centers across 200 countries and territories in The Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Our commitment to get it right every time, everywhere, makes us the trusted partner of businesses and organizations worldwide.

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

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 Programming, Principles and Design Patterns

• Good knowledge of SQL, exposure to Hibernate/JPA/Spring JDBC

• Experience with building RESTful services

• Experience optimizing code for scalability and performance

• Experience using standard software development tools (e.g. IntelliJ, JUnit, JMeter, Maven, Jenkins, Git, Jira)

• 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

• Practice in a multi-tier, async, distributed architecture

• Understanding multi-threading and concurrency

• Proficiency in data modelling and transformations (XML, XML Schema, XSLT)

• Exposure to message brokers like RabbitMQ

• Experience with non-SQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)

• Cloud (Azure, AWS or GCP) insight, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Network protocols understanding; Unix user level skills

What do we offer on a regular employment

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

• Paid Lunch Break (30 minutes)

• Tax-deductible costs

• Hybrid work (flexibility to work 2 days/week from home)