emerchantpay is hiring a
Backend Technical Lead, Remote - Bulgaria

Summary

The job is for a Lead Software Engineer with 10+ years of experience in Java at emerchantpay, a global payment service provider. The role involves leading a team, designing and implementing solutions, providing mentorship, and participating in troubleshooting and technical analyses. Additional skills like experience in building APIs using the latest standards, knowledge of React and Redux, and experience with AWS, Terraform, and Ansible are considered beneficial.

Requirements

• 10+ years development experience
• 2+ years leading a team as a technical and/or team manager (5 to 10 people)
• 6-7+ years using core Java and/or J2EE, Spring
• Knowledge in ORM solutions, e.g. Hibernate
• Advanced database experience with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL
• Experience in JavaScript
• Comfortable with TDD/BDD practices, JUnit
• Self-starter, taking ownership, passionate about high quality software systems
• Fluent English, both written and verbal
• Enthusiastic, hard-working, motivated person with excellent communication skills and a sense of humor

Responsibilities

• Technically lead a team of highly skilled professionals
• Design and implement solution components according to technology best practices
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to clarify scope and assignment
• Help with the initial work breakdown structure and estimations
• Provide mentorship and code reviews to team members
• Participate in troubleshooting and technical analyses to improve performance and availability
• Proactively identify potential improvements, lead their implementation
• Review the quality of all deliverables: code, tests, documentation
• Take part in scaling highly available payment services (99.99% uptime)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in building APIs using the latest standards
• Experience with React and Redux
• Experience with bigger codebases, refactoring
• Web security knowledge
• Experience with Docker and containerized workloads
• Experience with AWS, Terraform, and Ansible

Benefits

• Fast-growing payment company
• Excellent working conditions, casual atmosphere, and state-of-the-art hardware
• Modern, challenging, constantly growing business
• Professional development - books, trainings, certifications, etc
• Team buildings and fun activities
• 25 days paid holiday, 1 day for every 2 years with us
• Fully distributed and remote
• Benefits platform containing many benefits to choose from