Nortal
Senior Software Engineer
NortalEstonia17 hours ago
Full-timeEngineering, Information Technology
Overview

At Nortal, we believe in thinking big — creating solutions with meaningful, far-reaching impact. From digitizing governments to improving healthcare and enabling modern telecom services, our projects already touch the lives of over half a billion people worldwide. Our vision is to build a Seamless Society — and as a Senior Software Engineer , you’ll play a key role in making that a reality.

In this role, you’ll lead the transformation of a large-scale legacy platform into a simpler, modular, and cloud-ready system. By gradually rewriting core modules in Go and applying proven modernization patterns, you’ll help shape the technical future of a mission-critical solution.

Responsibilities

  • Decouple and re-architect a large-scale legacy platform.
  • Gradually rewrite core modules in Go using modern engineering practices.
  • Apply incremental modernization patterns such as Strangler Fig, API façades, and DB decoupling.
  • Collaborate closely with legacy specialists to ensure continuity and stability.
  • Design and implement modular, cloud-ready, and event-driven integrations.


Qualifications

Core expertise

  • 7+ years in modern programming (Go preferred; Java, .NET, or Rust also considered).
  • Experience applying incremental modernization patterns (Strangler Fig, API façades, DB decoupling).
  • Strong SQL skills (Oracle preferred) for handling DB integration and synchronization.


Collaboration & modernization

  • Knowledge of C and ability to work effectively with legacy specialists.
  • Familiarity with cloud-native design and event-driven integrations.


Consulting & communication

  • Senior-level consulting experience, engaging directly with architects and stakeholders.
  • Excellent English communication and documentation skills.


Mindset

  • Analytical and problem-solving, able to untangle 20+ years of legacy complexity.
  • Hands-on across code, infrastructure, and databases.


Nice to have

  • Experience in Telco OSS/BSS or promotional systems.


We like to say that Nortal is a right-sized company – big enough to undertake and impact influential projects yet small enough to care. At Nortal, your voice is heard, and everyone’s input matters. You solve critical problems for interesting customers from different domains. You work with experienced colleagues in a warm environment. You can execute your ideas in a reasonable time frame.

And what you do and learn here are universally relevant and valuable. Last, but not least, Nortal is an agile company with low hierarchy – meaning heavy on common sense, light on rules, and substance is more important than titles!

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