Backend Software Engineer

Short description

Germany’s largest online provider of experience gifts is looking for a Back-end Software Engineer for the newly established Kyiv Team. Technologies are wanted: NodeJS, AWS, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka/Message Queues, Elasticsearch/SOLR, PostgresSQL/MariaDB/NoSQL.

ABOUT THE CLIENT:

Our client knows everything about the value of gifts. This team is passionate about creating unforgettable memories for everyone and any price!
As Germany’s largest provider of experience gifts, our client combines customers’ dreams with a unique platform, that helps thousands of people. Visiting alpacas farm? Parachute jump? Romantic dinner for two in Italy? There are no borders for a team that is passionate to enrich the lives of customers. They know what sparks squeaks, adrenaline attacks, expressions of love, and storms of enthusiasm
Who wouldn’t want to be a part of a platform that changes lives and makes people happy?

YOU WILL:

• Designing, implementing, and operating customer-facing products to increase the entire shopping experience
• Building microservices and self-contained applications including polyglot persistence
• Building scalable and cloud-ready software solutions in our AWS environment
• Partner with our software engineers, product owners and UI/UX designers in creating and continuously improving end-toend solutions

YOU NEED:

• Experience in building integrating, and operating highly distributed applications (Microservices, SOA, self-contained systems)
• Experience in event-driven architectures, messaging patterns, and Apache Kafka is a plus
• Excitement about creating end-to-end solutions for our customers
• Passion for knowledge sharing and willingness to mentor other team members in best practices, code quality and tech frameworks
• Agile mindset and full-stack thinking

WOULD BE A PLUS:

• PHP/Magento
• SCRUM Teams
• Communication Skills
• Team-Player
• Proactivity

WE OFFER:

• A friendly, laid-back work atmosphere with lots of after-work activities and events
• Accounting, tax and annual reporting support
• Medical insurance
• Health/Sports compensation
• Free German & English classes
• Regular corporate events
• Business trips & conference participation