Writing backend code and tests as well as leveraging open source technologies to get reliable results
Improving code quality through testing, refactoring, peer-reviews
Championing software quality, innovation and appropriate technology choices
Working effectively in an agile team using Scrum and participating in daily stand-ups, planning sessions, showcases and retrospectives
Collaborating with business stakeholders and internal users to design and deliver products
Ability to contribute to end-to-end user stories that steer a technical design that can be iteratively developed by the entire team
Performing root cause analysis to ensure that mistakes are properly understood and not repeated
Contributing to coding standards and guidelines as well as setting a good example of adhering to them
Standing by your solutions to ensure that both you and the team have the tools and ability to support its operation after hours

Extensive knowledge of Java, Spring Boot and associated technologies: JUnit, Web Application Servers (e.g. Jetty/Tomcat), Gradle/Maven
Strong knowledge of MySQL and writing optimized database queries
Thorough understanding of architectural software concepts, Object-Oriented, MVC/MV* architectures, asynchronous server communication
Knowledge of multi-threaded programming and concurrency
Experience in the design and development of RESTful web services
Knowledgeable in web software architectures and design patterns
You champion agile principles and are a strong advocate for Continuous Delivery, TDD, Refactoring
Familiar with using a tracking system such as JIRA
Have an aptitude and willingness to learn the business domain and new technologies
Desirable: Familiar with Groovy, Spock, Hibernate
Have used cloud services like AWS or Google App Engine
Experience of using Google Analytics and logging services like Datadog, Grafana and Splunk to track product usage and drive features
Experience using virtual services like Docker to automatically build new environments for development and testing
Track record of delivering scalable applications that are performant under high traffic volumes
Comfortable working in a Linux environment with scripting languages

Medical insurance coverage
English language courses
Wellbeing package: online-yoga classes, Yakaboo, BetterMe App: Health Coaching, BetterMe App: Mental Health
Corporate events and fun team-building activities
Company prepaid AI agent
Competitive salary plus financial bonuses

Senior Backend Engineer

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