Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer for consumer-facing platforms and internal data systems. Build scalable, reliable services across customer journeys and data/privacy infrastructure.

About the Project:

Work on backend systems powering core customer experiences or on a centralized Data Privacy Service (GDPR, CCPA) handling Data Subject Requests at scale. Role requires strong engineering fundamentals, a microservices mindset and delivery in distributed environments.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain scalable backend microservices;
• Build systems for search, personalization, customer targeting and engagement;
• Implement and operate services ensuring regulatory compliance and secure data handling (GDPR, CCPA);
• Work with event-driven architectures and distributed systems;
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, testing practices and engineering quality;
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable, performant solutions.

Recruitment Process:

• Initial interview with recruitment;
• Interview with the hiring manager;
• Live coding assessment;
• Meeting with the Project Manager.

Qualifications:

• Strong commercial experience with JVM-based languages (Java, Scala, or similar);
• Experience with Kotlin, or willingness to learn it on the project;
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and event-driven systems;
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes;
• Hands-on CI/CD experience in a production environment;
• Experience with unit and integration testing;
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g. PostgreSQL) and SQL;
• AWS and Terraform experience is a plus;
• Experience with Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or GraphQL is a plus;
• Go or Python knowledge is a nice to have;
• Background in e-commerce, subscription platforms, or data privacy systems is a plus.