Back End Engineer - Middle Level

We are looking for an analytical, results-driven Back End Engineer - Middle Level (Java) to join our Scrum team to work on a fast paced SaaS product that analyzes individual user behavior. 

Who are we?

We are 30+ talented IT Engineers from 9 different countries, who are responsible for our flagship product USERGRAM. We are organized as scrum teams with self reliable and cross-functional features. We aim to use the latest technologies and approaches, and find simple solutions for complex problems. 

Why are we hiring?

Our client base is increasing every year, and our data volume is growing every month. We need to keep maintaining the performance while improving and adding new functionality. Also, as we have aggressive business goals, we are looking for more great minds to join hands with us to grow together.

Challenges that we face:

• Large offline data import processes, with latency constraints.
• Near real-time processing of large datasets.
• Data analytics of even greater volumes of data.
• Processing bulk data through Machine Learning algorithms for clustering, and predictions.
• Processing hundreds of millions of user sessions annually, imposes a significant challenge with respect to the design of its data structures, architecture, and domain logic.
• Constantly think, PoC and implement new solutions to onboard new customers in the continuously evolving DX market.

As a Back End Engineer - Middle Level (Java), your mission is to:

• Troubleshoot and enhance current back-end Java applications.
• Solve technical problems, and create a more seamless experience for users.
• Actively participate in the tech reviews.
• Educate, coach and mentor the junior members.
• Have an interest in the design of the whole service and its issues.

Your Skills and experience that we look for:

• 2+ years of hands-on experience in at least one of the JVM languages, such as Java, Scala, and server-side Kotlin.
• Experience with Spring Boot.
• Experience in working and developing in Linux and Unix environments.
• Experience in building scalable, reliable software.
• Knowledge of algorithms and data structures.
• Understanding Git, networking, Linux containers.
• Desire to learn new technologies, and share knowledge with others. As a backend engineer, you should have curiosity about cloud infrastructure.
• Low Intermediate Level English (listening, speaking, reading, and writing).
• On top of all, we are looking for great minds that can relate to our vision for USERGRAM. 

Value-added skills: 

• Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS (or another public cloud).
• Experience with the software that we use: Apache Kafka, Apache Cassandra, MySQL, RabbitMQ.
• Experience with observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack.
• Experience with Agile Scrum-based development process.
• Japanese language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing).

 Technologies that we use in beBit (for reference):

• Web Frontend
  • JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS3, Vue.js, Sass, FullStory, Cypress, Jasmine, Mocha, jest, Prettier, Storybook, ESLint
• Backend and Data
  • Python, Java, Spring Boot, Django REST framework, Django, MySQL (RDS), Cassandra, FastAPI, Gradle, Kafka, Assertj, Pytest, JaCoCo, Checkstyle, Pandas, Google BigQuery, pip, scikit-learn, DVC, pre-commit, Amazon Athena, Redash
• DevOps and AWS
  • Kubernetes, Docker, Docker Compose, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Filebeat, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Github, Sentry, DataDog, PagerDuty, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon Route 53, AWS Batch, Amazon SQS, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Glue, AWS Lambda, Amazon CloudFront, AWS Elastic Load Balancing(ELB), Amazon EC2 Container Service, AWS IAM, Amazon VPC, Amazon RDS,  AWS ElastiCache, Amazon ECR, Amazon EKS, Amazon WAF, AWS CloudTrail
• Communication
  • Slack, Zoom
• Project Management / Documentation
  • JIRA, esa, Confluence, Google Drive

If you want to implement high volume data processing solutions, join us! We provide competitive salaries and benefits.