Backend Lead Developer

Hello,

We are called People More because we treat our employees with respect, but also because the projects we work on are for people and should be easy and pleasant to use. We are technological, but we look at the bigger picture :)

People More has been in existence for over three years and is an offshoot of one of the country's oldest interactive agencies - Insignia. The company is made up of people with a huge client base in the country and abroad, for whom we build projects from scratch (UX, UI, frontend, backend, mobile) or in part. We work directly for our clients and also support our partners in their own solutions. This ensures a wide range of projects and the ability to change! We work with clients all over the world.

For the project that we are working on with our foreign partner, we are looking for Backend Lead Developer.

Your duties will include:

Leading backend development and architectural transformation of scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms using microservices and modern engineering practices. While not directly responsible for DevOps or CI/CD ownership, the role requires strong practical experience and close collaboration with DevOps specialists to ensure seamless integration, deployment, and operational excellence.

Requirements that must be met:

• Minimum 7 years of experience as Backend Developer
• Experience in Java (Spring Boot) and Node.js (NestJS)
• Knowledge of design, development, and orchestration of microservices-based systems
• Experience with service discovery, inter-service communication, and distributed data management
• Implementation of microservices using REST APIs and asynchronous messaging patterns
• Authentication & Authorization: Keycloak, JWT, OAuth
• API Design: RESTful API development and integration
• Database Management: PostgreSQL and NoSQL: experience with document and key-value stores
• DevOps & CI/CD Collaboration
• Hands-on familiarity with GitLab CI, Docker, Podman, Kubernetes (K8s), K3s
• Experience using ArgoCD, Helm, Terraform, and Ansible for deployment and configuration
• Understands DevOps principles and integrates them into development workflows
• Experience with tools like Secrets Operator and secure injection of secrets into applications
• Understanding of TLS/SSL certificate lifecycle and integration into services
• Implementation of secure coding standards, access control, and data protection mechanisms
• Compliance with security benchmarks and legal requirements
• Experience designing and implementing highly available systems
• Familiarity with load balancing, failover strategies, and distributed system reliability
• Used to collaboration with infrastructure teams to ensure redundancy and uptime
• Design and integration of audit logging mechanisms for traceability and compliance
• Grafana Stack, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for metrics, logs, and traces
• Experience designing large-scale systems and platforms
• Practical knowledge of architecture transformation and migration
• Familiarity with TOGAF framework
• Platform Concepts:
• Multi-tenancy
• Separation of platform and application layers
• Practical knowledge of SaaS and hybrid deployment models (cloud & on-prem)
• API Management & Event-Driven Architecture
• Knowledge of API gateways and event-driven patterns
• Deep understanding of SSDLC best practices
• Very good English and Polish

What we offer:

• We are open and honest and we solve problems instead of generating them.
• Maybe it’s obvious, but we really respect our employees and associates. We used to be software developers, too, and we appreciate that job!
• A small team
• An international working environment and international projects
• Private medical care
• Sports card
• Training courses
• Work that is 100% remote (unless you prefer another system)

We have an office in Krakow, but if you like to work remotely, that’s absolutely fine. Over the next few months, we plan to continue working this way. After that, you decide according to what you prefer. We are OK with fully remote work. For us, you can be located anywhere. :)

Why it’s a good idea to work with People More?

• If you are not satisfied with your work or your tasks, we’ll find a way out together!
• If you get bored, we will offer you a new product and new, fascinating tasks
• We will work on your brand together: you will get an opportunity to attend conferences, including as a speaker, and we will help you publish in recognized magazines and online
• We will facilitate your access to challenges that are usually difficult to get
• At any time, you can talk directly to the board of People More—we talk your language because the company’s founders are software developers and designers!

What does the recruitment process look like?

• A friendly remote initial interview
• A remote technical talk
• The decision to work together!