Backend Engineer for George

About this opportunity:

You will be working on George, a digital banking platform that combines design and technology on an open platform for more than 6 million customers across Europe. You’ll collaborate closely with colleagues from the ideation of features through to the conceptual and planning phases and bring innovative and delightful designs to life. Your team is the gatekeeper for the central JSON over HTTP API development, so we deal with all kinds of clients, handle stacks of data, but you will take these details in your stride, and make George shine for the user.

What you can expect:

• A team of experienced developers who love to exchange ideas and push the boundaries

• A relaxed, professional environment and all the hardware & software you need to work efficiently (e.g. MacBook Pro, mobile device, licenses...)

• Open-minded environment, and always keen to stand up and go the extra mile for the correct solution

• Care for your personal well-being and career development while actively supporting your educational needs

• Regular conference visits and multiple chances to shine with George

• New work is not just another buzzword to us. We proactively adapt to the ever-changing work environment of today

• Working from home, virtual office, working while riding a bike. Whatever and however you do your best work to make George shine is fine by us.

Perfect job for you, if you have:

• A good grip of building and designing HTTP APIs written in Java

• A clear understanding of Spring ecosystem and the way Spring applications are written

• Knowledge working with search technology and/or distributed systems in general

• Some experience with Elasticsearch or other distributed search and analytic engines

• A love for code quality and testing

• You iterate fast, without compromising quality, while taking care of detail

• Clean code is your mantra as you look to improve what is existing

• Respectfully challenging your colleagues, and being challenged in return is welcomed by you

• You are passionate about learning and want to help others learn too

• You can stand heat, noise, and criticism without losing your smile

• You have values and opinions and can articulate them in fluent English

We recommend this role for:

• EU citizens or those that hold a valid visa, permit, or trade license with the right-to-work in the country that the position is based. This includes relevant work visas, residence permits, EU Blue Card, or a British national living in the EU with the correct UK Brexit withdrawal agreement documentation