Junior Java Engineer

TL;DR

Junior Java Engineer: Developing and maintaining backend services and APIs for a large-scale retail e-commerce payments platform with an accent on clean, maintainable, and secure code. Focus on building high-availability payment systems, collaborating on designs, and creating automated tests.

Location: Onsite in Wroclaw, Poland

Company

hirify.global's partner is one of the largest retail e-commerce companies in North America, serving millions of customers every year.

What you will do

• Participate in agile ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, retrospectives).
• Develop and maintain backend services and APIs under guidance from senior engineers.
• Write clean, maintainable, and secure code for RESTful and event-driven systems.
• Collaborate on designs and understand how individual components fit into larger systems.
• Create and maintain automated tests (unit, integration, basic end-to-end).
• Monitor and help troubleshoot services using logs, metrics, and dashboards.
• Participate in code reviews and incorporate feedback.

Requirements

• 1–2 years of experience in software development (or strong internships/projects).
• Solid understanding of Object-oriented programming, Data structures, and basic algorithms.
• Experience with Java or another object-oriented language.
• Basic familiarity with REST APIs and Backend frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot).
• Understanding of relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL).

Nice to have

• Exposure to cloud concepts (AWS).
• Willingness to learn CI/CD, monitoring, and distributed systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Paid Vacation and Sick Days.
• Sport/Insurance Compensation.
• English Classes.
• Charity participation opportunities.
• Training Compensation.