Software Engineer Backend
PHP
Software Engineer Backend
Showpad
Wrocław
Type of work
Undetermined
Experience
Mid
Employment Type
Permanent
Operating mode
Remote
Tech stack
JVM
Kotlin
AWS
SQL
Micronaut
Job description
Online interview
As a Software Engineer Backend you will work in a small cross-functional highly autonomous development team. You will have not only the opportunity to shape the product used by 100,000 users globally but also a unique opportunity to learn from over a decade of experiences in building a world-class SaaS product. You will experience working in an environment with true engineering culture: frequent releases to production - short feedback cycles, full automation of testing & delivery pipelines, code reviews, on-demand research of new technologies & tools, hands-on workshops & direct collaboration with technology providers like AWS, continuous learning, long-term thinking & focus on continuous improvement of your own product.
Key Responsibilities for a Software Engineer Backend at Showpad
- Design, implement and deliver highly scalable and maintainable cloud-based backend services
- Maintain, monitor and improve existing cloud services
- Work together with Product Managers on defining and refining requirements
- Improve our development, testing and deployment processes
- Focus on the bigger picture because your outcomes will be a part of the whole platform of services and applications for a global customers base
- Share your knowledge and learn from the others
Required skills and issues for a Software Engineer Backend at Showpad
- Developing battle-tested backend code using JVM-based languages, Kotlin preferably
- Modern architectures and programming styles (DDD Strategic Design, Clean Code / Clean Architecture, Functional Programming, Reactive Programming, Structured Concurrency)
- Lightweight server-side framework such as Micronaut or Spring Boot
- Writing efficient SQL queries, for PostgreSQL preferably
- Working in a cloud environment, AWS preferably
- Containerizing and deploying cloud-native applications and services, k8s preferably
- Maintaining, monitoring and troubleshooting business critical services
- Writing testable code, also in a test-first approach
- Continuous delivery techniques, including full-stack testing automation
- Designing and implementing APIs for, and collaborating with, internal and/or public data consumers
- Team player mentality, committed to the whole software development lifecycle in an agile team
- Always-open-to-learn attitude
Bonus Points
- Big data, ETL, Spark & Scala is a plus