Lead Back-End Engineer
RemoFirstUkraine12 hours ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering, Information Technology
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Remofirst empowers employers to be free from geographical boundaries when accessing talent, allowing employees to pursue opportunities wherever they may exist. We are on a mission to be the FIRST to truly revolutionise the industry and be a generational company.
Our platform offers a full-range people management tool, employee benefits like health insurance, and financial benefits, and enabling clients to hire anyone from anywhere with one click. Remofirst manages employees and contractors for Fortune 500 companies (e.g., Microsoft, Mastercard) and the best startups worldwide (e.g., TransferGo).
We are a small but strong team of 100+ people (and growing) hyper-focussed on delivering a world-class platform and unparalleled service with our industry-leading partnerships. To help accelerate our growth and pace of delivery, we are looking for talented Back-end Engineer to help spearhead the overall look and feel of our features and services.
We are seeking a skilled Lead Java Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the server-side logic of our web applications. You will work closely with our front-end developers, designers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality, scalable, and efficient software solutions.
What you'll be doing:
Our platform offers a full-range people management tool, employee benefits like health insurance, and financial benefits, and enabling clients to hire anyone from anywhere with one click. Remofirst manages employees and contractors for Fortune 500 companies (e.g., Microsoft, Mastercard) and the best startups worldwide (e.g., TransferGo).
We are a small but strong team of 100+ people (and growing) hyper-focussed on delivering a world-class platform and unparalleled service with our industry-leading partnerships. To help accelerate our growth and pace of delivery, we are looking for talented Back-end Engineer to help spearhead the overall look and feel of our features and services.
We are seeking a skilled Lead Java Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the server-side logic of our web applications. You will work closely with our front-end developers, designers, and stakeholders to deliver high-quality, scalable, and efficient software solutions.
What you'll be doing:
- Collaborate as part of a fully remote, international engineering team at RemoFirst
- Design, implement, and maintain high-quality backend services in Java
- Participate in architecture discussions and system design, contributing to scalability and reliability decisions
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following best practices
- Work on complex distributed systems and integration with third-party services
- Participate in code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing with team members
- Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders in English
- 5+ years of professional software development experience, with significant experience in Java
- Strong knowledge of object-oriented design, SOLID principles, and design patterns
- Experience with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and RESTful API development
- Hands-on experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases
- Familiarity with unit testing, integration testing, and test-driven development (TDD)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and code review processes
- Understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, with a focus on performance and scalability
- Strong communication skills in English
- Startup environment. Remofirst is an early-stage start-up. You have a voice and can influence and grow rapidly
- Build & Scale From Scratch. Experience hyper-growth scale and help us build a great team of professionals worldwide that can help us achieve this ambitious vision.
- Work for a Market Leader. Scale a project that counts market-leading companies like Microsoft, Mastercard, and more as happy customers.
- Compensation and perks are great! Competitive compensation. Work equipment of your choice. 100% remote work. PTO regulated by local statutory
- Culture. We lead with respect, kindness, and the right to fail. We value hard yet smart work. Diversity and inclusion are part of our DNA. As we grow and evolve, we welcome your input to help us define our culture further.
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