Senior Software Engineer Backend @ Aera Technology — Vaga Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Responsibilities:

Design, build and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable code and automation.
Use AI-enabled engineering practices to enhance code quality, automate repetitive work, and accelerate development/testing/documentation.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to influence product direction and define functional requirements.
Identify opportunities for technical and product innovation, and proactively design solutions that elevate system performance and user experience.
Gain in-depth knowledge of the owned modules and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end flows and modules that interact with them from a business point of view.
Deliver highly scalable, robust, and performant APIs and software products.
Identify and resolve technical challenges to ensure high-quality software delivery.
Mentor junior team members and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence.
Participate in design and code reviews.
Identify bottlenecks and bugs in applications, and devise solutions to ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the applications.

8+ years of experience working in Java, server-side development, with a proven track record of delivering great software.
Adopter of modern LLM tools for Java backend development.
You can discuss design patterns, memory management and performance optimization.
Experience with working on Spring Boot, ORM Frameworks, Microservices and REST APIs, GIT, Gradle and Linux platforms.
Experience with modern design approaches like Event Based Design, Component-Based Design, SOLID, KISS, DRY, YAGNI, Clean Code.
Experience with SQL development, data modeling, and complex data structures for high-volume and high-velocity data.
Hands-on experience with frameworks such as JUnit, TestNG, Mockito.
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes is a strong plus.
Working knowledge in AWS, Kafka, Apache Spark, Elastic search, REDIS, ELK.
Experience building secure, complex, and scalable APIs, from design through deployment.
Solid understanding of writing and delivering testable quality code, from the ground up.
Experience with streaming data and complex event processing systems.
Have a positive energy and enthusiasm - cultural fit is a big deal for us, we’re looking for smart people who are excited about solving big problems and are self-motivated to get things done.
Are organised and have a professional attitude to work - You’re a good communicator, you are pragmatic, and you know how to build trust.