Backend Engineer

Java

Dworkowa 3, Bielsko-Biała

ICE Mortgage Technology

Undetermined

Permanent

Mid

Remote

Job description

We are a FinTech product company - a web platform that supports every 2nd mortgage in the United States. We are based in California, with branches in Poland, India, and Belarus. For our location in Bielsko-Biała, we are looking for people who want to become completely new scrum teams (in a "Spotify Model" - google it!), which will deal with the development of products previously created only in the United States. Visit ‪https://www.icemortgagetechnology.com/ to learn more.

You don't live in Bielsko or its surroundings? We offer 100% remote work per week, co-financed hotel or relocation package!

In this Software Engineer role, you will be working in a dynamic development team while collaborating with other developers, management, and customer support teams. You will have an opportunity to participate in designing and developing services utilized across product lines - in fact, 90% of development! All our products are deployed in public (AWS) and/or private cloud environments.

Summary of responsibilities

Build scalable services and applications optimized for the best customer experience, with scale, performance, security, and availability considerations.
Analyze needs and requirements of existing and proposed microservices and APIs
Diagnose complex developmental & operational problems and recommend upgrades & improvements at a component level.
Participate in design and code review and code management
Deliver working solutions on time.
Collaborate closely with groups in and outside the development team.
Take ownership of the code you deliver.
Contribute to developer documentation.

Basic Skills & Qualifications

3-4 years of software development experience using Object Oriented design for high-volume transactional and customer-facing web applications using Java
Working knowledge of relational database design and management.
Experience in building REST services with a high focus on performance.
Experience in building message-driven systems, preferably using Apache Kafka.
Familiarity with microservices and knowledge of modern cloud services.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD, design reviews, code reviews, TDD, unit testing, integration/system testing, monitoring, alerting, agile development practices
Experience with reactive programming is an additional plus
Knowledge of functional-oriented programming is an additional plus.
Practical perspective on software engineering discipline, focus on learning and delivering, and passion for high quality.
“You build it – You own it” mentality is a must. Sense of ownership is paramount to achieving success.
Great energy and enthusiasm with a positive, collaborative working style, clear communication, and writing skills.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field

Technology stack

Java 11
PostgreSQL
Apache Kafka
Spring Framework (Spring Boot; Spring Reactor)
Redis
Docker

We offer:

no trial period - indefinite employment contract from day 1
private medical healthcare (dental care, physiotherapist, psychologist included)
cafeteria program (200 points/month) via mybenefit.pl
life insurance
COVID related additions (insurance, paid days off)
additional days off - American state holidays