Senior Backend Software Engineer II

Summary

The job is for a Backend Engineer at SmartRecruiters, a global leader in enterprise recruitment software. The role involves contributing to the full life-cycle of the product, building services with Java on Kubernetes/AWS infrastructure, and designing RESTful APIs. The company offers a collaborative, diverse, and remote-friendly work environment, competitive salaries, generous equity, and promotion from within.

Requirements

• Experience in designing, developing, and operating distributed systems
• Experience in supporting end-to-end product lifecycle (from product discovery, solutioning, system design, implementation, production rollout, and optimization)
• Deep command of Java programming language (we use Java 21)
• Expert distributed systems design (design for failure, eventual consistency, asynchronous communication, circuit breaking, timeouts, etc.)
• Proficiency in RESTful API design
• Proficiency in layer design
• Hands-on experience with TDD, clean code and clean architecture principles, and effective code reviews
• Strong domain modeling skills - including refactoring existing domains
• Strong understanding of CI/CD processes (running multiple deployments per day)
• Experience with AWS and Kubernetes/Docker
• Proven track of experience in coaching and mentoring other engineers
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Strong command of the English language, both written and verbal

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a full life-cycle of the product (including problem discovery, prototyping, design, implementation, and measuring adoption)
• Build services with Java on top of Kubernetes/AWS infrastructure
• Build developer-friendly RESTful APIs
• Design and connect to our persistence layer (PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch)
• Collaborate with other teams