Senior Backend Engineer (Java)

Location: Remote from Ukraine

Company

hirify.global is a fast-scaling product development company headquartered in Gibraltar, building technology and entertainment products for social gaming and millions of players worldwide.

What you will do

• Design and deliver clean, scalable, testable Java backend systems with minimal supervision.
• Own specific services or functional areas within a large-scale architecture.
• Collaborate with backend, web, mobile, QA, and product teams.
• Use AI tools and assistants throughout system design, prototyping, refactoring, testing, and code review.
• Maintain high test coverage, predictable production behavior, and seamless scalability.
• Drive engineering excellence through modern practices and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Extensive production experience with Java and its ecosystem.
• Solid understanding of relational database principles, preferably PostgreSQL, and messaging concepts, preferably Kafka.
• Strong system design, troubleshooting, and debugging capabilities.
• Comfortable and proactive using AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot and Claude Code.
• Practical experience validating, refining, and taking ownership of AI-generated output.
• Upper-intermediate or higher English proficiency.

Nice to have

• Practical experience with PostgreSQL and Kafka.

Culture & Benefits

• AI is a core part of the engineering workflow and is used as a productivity multiplier.
• Work fully remotely from Ukraine in a fast-scaling, high-performance product environment.
• Work with Java, Spring Boot, GCP, Kubernetes, Kafka, distributed databases, observability, and deployment tooling.
• Generous leave and opportunities for professional growth.
• Engineering work directly impacts millions of users.