Backend Engineer - Grow & Engage

About the opportunity

You will work in the Grow & Engage domain. This is the heart of the customer experience ranging from the acquisition and signup to our premium membership tiers and the daily engagement of our users. You will work in teams delivering the newest and most innovative features serving our customers in the best way possible.

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, test, deploy and maintain software in a thriving environment
• Manage individual project priorities and deliverables whilst working in a team who enjoy knowledge sharing sessions
• Stay up to date with the latest trends in technology and you are not afraid to propose some findings during our GSDD.
• Work within your cross-functional team to uphold the highest technical standards right across the product

What you need to be successful:

Background: 

• Experience in developing software using Java 8/11 and Spring Boot in large-scale production systems

Skills: 

• Sound understanding of microservice architecture
• Knowledge of both relational and non-relational databases, preferably Postgres
• Appreciation of working in a modern cloud architecture, preferably with AWS
• Language Skills: full professional proficiency in English

Traits:

• Highly motivated and not afraid of getting things done
• Ongoing appreciation and consideration for security 
• Motivation to write code which is well-tested and well-documented
• Give and receive open, direct and timely feedback