Senior Back-end Engineer Remote

Responsibilities

• Work with onsite/customer team members and stakeholders to build distributed systems that integrate with a larger data and services ecosystem
• Take full ownership of the SDLC from conception through build and deployment, to ongoing production operational support
• Work in a true Agile environment and own the solution end-to-end, including deployment, testing, quality, monitoring, and operational excellence
• Strive for continuous improvement of code quality and engineering practices
• Anticipate system/application challenges and propose solutions
• Contribute to story sizing and work estimates for implementation, validation, delivery, and documentation
• Review user stories to ensure a quality user experience, well-defined acceptance criteria, and thorough test coverage
• Participate in design and code reviews to ensure quality and testability of feature code
• Implement build, deployment, and test automation to ensure high quality and enable continuous delivery
• Adjust positively to quickly changing priorities and shifting goals
• Understand, leverage, and apply best practices effectively

Requirements

• Experience building distributed systems
• Java, JUnit, and experience with Spring and Spring Boot
• TDD and BDD testing experience, e.g., Cucumber-JVM
• Document DB experience, e.g., MongoDB or DynamoDB
• REST API development
• Kafka and event-driven services knowledge
• Experience with GraphQL
• JWT and OAuth implementation experience
• Cloud experience in a major provider like AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Fluent English communication skills at a B2+ level

Nice to have

• Experience with microservices architecture
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI
• Knowledge in containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes

We offer

• Learning Culture - We want you to be the best version of yourself, that is why we offer unlimited access to learning platforms, a wide range of internal courses, and all the knowledge you need to grow professionally
• Paid Holidays - We offer paid time off during all national holidays (working and non-working) for a total of 15 days. On top of that, you will also have vacation days to enjoy quality time with your family or just rest
• Professional Growth Opportunities - We have designed a highly competitive and complete development process, where you will have all the tools to get where you have always wanted to be, personally and professionally
• Stock Option Purchase Plan - As an EPAMer you can be more than just an employee, you will also have the opportunity to purchase stock at a reduced price and become a part owner of our organization
• Additional Income - Besides your regular salary, you will also have the chance to earn extra income by referring talent, being a technical interviewer, and many more ways
• Community Benefit - You will be part of a worldwide community of over 50,000 employees, where you can learn, challenge yourself, stand out, and share your knowledge and experience with multicultural teams!
• Are you open to relocation? - If you want to relocate to another country and we have the right project, we will assist you every step of the way, to help you and your family, reach your new home