Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Kotlin)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Java/Kotlin): Designing, building, and maintaining high-load backend services for internal platforms powering recipe creation and menu planning with an accent on migrating a key internal tool and evolving data-heavy, event-driven systems. Focus on simplifying complex architecture, improving automation, reliability, and ensuring system performance in a microservices environment.

Location: Wroclaw, Poland

Company

hirify.global partners with HelloFresh, one of the world’s leading meal-kit delivery companies, to build and evolve internal platforms for recipe creation and menu planning.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain backend services within a microservices architecture.
• Contribute to the migration of a core internal tool from an external solution to an internal platform.
• Develop and evolve data-heavy, event-driven systems using Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Design and maintain APIs and integrations between multiple internal services.
• Work with containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, supported by CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure code quality through testing, code reviews, and documentation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional backend development experience in a microservices architecture.
• Strong proficiency in Golang, or in Java with the ability to work in Kotlin.
• Hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration tools, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and experience with modern deployment pipelines.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and message brokers such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
• Proficiency in working with relational databases and strong knowledge of software design and testing methodologies (TDD, BDD, DDD).
• Clear English communication in a distributed team environment.

Culture & Benefits

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