JVM Backend Developer

ABOUT THE TEAM

Common Commercial Solutions is the area in Schibsted Media responsible for our Subscription Platforms and User Identity/Payment.

User Identity is a new team in CCS responsible for the Schibsted Account. Schibsted account is the largest identity provider in Scandinavia, providing over 15,5 million people with instant access to 60+ well-known digital brands – such as VG, Aftenposten, Aftonbladet, Svenska Dagbladet, and Omni.

Schibsted provides one account across multiple sites helping users manage their identity in one place. This allows for SSO, swift login, and registration experience across all sites using Schibsted.

Our team currently consists of four JVM developers and two frontend developers. We also have an Engineering Manager and a Product Manager.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will be developing login solutions that are as seamless, intuitive, and frictionless as possible – all without compromising security.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Creating a smooth login experience and ensuring stable login sessions
• Enhancing how we perform risk-based authentication
• Maintaining the security of our login flow up to the highest standard
• Suggesting future developments with maintainability in mind, while taking into account the current tech stack and architecture
• Supporting the solution we develop on a daily basis

ABOUT YOU

• You have experience in backend development using JVM (e.g. Kotlin, Java, Scala)
• You have the willingness to learn Kotlin if not already familiar with it, as all new features will be developed using it
• You have very good communication skills
• You have good interpersonal skills and you are able to work well in a team environment
• Ideally, if you have knowledge about OAuth and SSO
• You have experience with AWS and K8S
• You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• You are a continuous learner
• You are fluent in English

The current tech stack our products use is quite broad, but we don’t expect you to know everything :

• Backend: Kotlin, PHP, Scala
• Infrastructure: AWS, K8S, Terraform
• CI/CD: Travis, Travis CI, Spinnaker
• Databases: MySql, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elastic Search
• Monitoring: Grafana, Victoria Metrics/Prometheus, Datadog, PagerDuty

We work in a hybrid way and would like to catch up with you at our vibrant and colorful office in Kraków at least 1 day per week. This allows for collaboration and meaningful connections with the team. If you’re not the working-from-home kind of person, you are of course welcome in our office every day!

🎯 BENEFITS

🔹 Yearly bonus (STI - Short Term Incentive) up to 18% according to seniority level

🔹 Tax-deductible costs 50% for IT creators

🔹 Training budget 4000 PLN per year that can be used for books, conferences, online courses, you name it

🔹 Home office supplement 3000 PLN of financial support to make your WFH more enjoyable and healthy

🔹 Social package 500 benefit points (1 point = 1zł) transferrable to tickets, multisport, medical care, or a prepaid card

🔹 4 extra days off. We’re not minimalists. That’s why you get 4 days more than Polish law requires

🔹 In-house trainings for improving your business, tech & soft skills during working hours

• Tech Jump - mentoring program for learning completely new frameworks and programing languages 
• School of leadership competences - training for employees aspiring to become leaders
• Leaders Academy - training for leaders developing their competences

🔹 Mental health support. 

• Voucher for 3 online sessions with a professional therapist 
• Series of mental health-oriented webinars

🔹 Flexibility. Sometimes you need to do your stuff and start a day later thanks to flexible working hours

🔹 Top-notch equipment. Most modern stuff with MacOs or Windows on board & mobile with either Android or iOS