Java Engineer

Svitla Systems Inc. is looking for a Java Engineer for a full-time position (40 hours per week) in Poland. Our client is one of the largest food retailers in the world, operating thousands of stores in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Europe. The company carries out business through multi-format stores and online. It operates stores in various formats differentiated by size and range of products sold, including large, small, dotcom only, and one-stop. They offer fresh food, drinks, bakery, grocery, home and entertainment products, baby products, clothing, household appliances, frozen food, pets, health and beauty products, consumer electronics, and electrical goods. It also provides consultancy, retail banking, and insurance services. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, the UK.

Working from the office in Kraków is required 1 to 3 days per week.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in delivering Java solutions.
• Experience in delivering Java (or any other JVM language) based software solutions using modern frameworks (Spring Boot, Spring WebFlux, Kotlin, etc.).
• Familiarity with Micronaut or Spring Boot.
• Experience in system design.
• Some Kafka knowledge.
• Understanding of microservices architecture.
• Experience with SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Elasticsearch).
• Familiarity with workloads on Kubernetes, Jenkins (phased out in favor of Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions).
• Testing: Spock, Gatling.
• VCS: GitHub.
• Zendesk & JIRA.
• Experience working with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Good English communication skills.
• Experience in taking ownership of a project and leading a team from a technical/project perspective.
• Experience in setting up a direction for a project.
• Previous engagement in mentoring less experienced colleagues, helping them grow technically.
• Proactive attitude.

Nice to have

• Experience with Azure.
• Kubernetes skills.
• GitHub Actions and/or Azure DevOps skills.
• Experience in monitoring & alerting with Splunk, AppDynamics, xMatters, and Runscope.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Java (or other JVM language) based software solutions using modern frameworks.
• Work with Micronaut or Spring Boot within a microservices architecture.
• Utilize Azure for deployments.
• Manage SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, Elasticsearch) databases.
• Deploy and maintain workloads on Kubernetes, using Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions.
• Implement monitoring and alerting with Splunk, AppDynamics, xMatters, Runscope (if applicable).
• Conduct testing with Spock and Gatling.
• Use GitHub for version control.
• Collaborate via Zendesk and JIRA.
• Apply Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Take ownership of projects and lead teams from a technical/project perspective.
• Set up the technical direction for projects.
• Mentor less experienced colleagues to help them grow technically.
• Maintain a proactive attitude.

We offer

• US and EU projects based on advanced technologies.
• Competitive compensation based on skills and experience.
• Annual performance appraisals.
• Flexibility in workspace, either remote or in our welcoming office.
• Comprehensive medical insurance after one month.
• MultiSport card with access to 2500 sports facilities all over Poland
• Bonuses for article writing, public talks, other activities.
• 15 vacation days, 10 national holidays, sick leaves, family days off.
• Personalized learning program tailored to your interests and skill development.
• Free webinars, meetups and conferences organized by Svitla.
• Gifts for anniversaries, New Year, children and more.
• Fun corporate celebrations and activities.
• Awesome team, friendly and supportive community!