Senior Software Engineer II (React/Java)

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Salary: €71,700–€119,600 annual base pay

Company

hirify.global provides information, analytics, research data, health education, interactive learning, and healthcare solutions for researchers and healthcare professionals.

What you will do

• Own complex software development tasks from technical design and implementation through delivery and ongoing maintenance.
• Maintain and evolve established web applications while contributing to the incremental modernization of the front-end architecture.
• Investigate complex technical challenges, identify root causes, and implement sustainable, maintainable solutions.
• Collaborate with product teams, designers, and engineers to translate requirements into technical solutions and evaluate dependencies and trade-offs.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and technical planning, guiding engineering decisions and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Support other engineers through code reviews, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and consistent engineering practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional web application software engineering experience and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Strong Java programming skills, including the ability to understand, debug, and extend server-side enterprise application code and integrate REST APIs.
• Solid front-end expertise in JavaScript, semantic HTML, CSS, and ReactJS, including responsive, accessible, and performant web pages.
• Strong understanding of browser behavior, the DOM, HTTP, server-side rendering, client-to-server interactions, and API integration.
• Knowledge of component-based architectures, browser compatibility, responsive design, and WCAG accessibility standards.
• Ability to navigate complex Java-based web applications, understand application lifecycles, and troubleshoot issues across front-end, back-end, and data components.
• Experience with automated testing approaches such as JUnit and Playwright, debugging, performance optimization, and secure coding practices.
• Proficiency with code reviews, CI/CD workflows, and Agile development practices, including evaluating trade-offs and recommending practical solutions.

Nice to have

• Experience with Spring, Stripes, JSP, Apache Tomcat, or jQuery.
• Familiarity with NextJS and TypeScript or experience modernizing established web applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours to support productivity and work-life balance.
• Wellbeing initiatives and country-specific benefits.
• Shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals.
• Work covered by the Collective Labor Agreement Publishing Industry.