Senior Java Backend Software Engineer

About the Team:

Within the Content team, we take care of making sure that any content on our platform (graphics, designs, and the millions of craft assets we offer) and all its related information is easily surfaced to our customers.  We are responsible for content lifecycle management, licensing, search, discoverability and recommendation. We iterate and experiment fast, build on a modern stack, and work in a cross-functional team.

The Role:

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll play a significant role in the development and delivery of products that power up the Creative Fabrica’s growing crafting community. 

What you will do:

• Build a completely new platform from the ground up to manage the content lifecycle, licensing, and discoverability of over 20 million products. Harness modern data technologies to create advanced, personalized search and recommendation engines.
• Build and maintain APIs powering up web applications behind Creative Fabrica
• Take responsibility for component technical designs and deliver quality code.
• Be an integral part of a Content team, come up with ideas, analyze usage data and build products customers love.

What you will need to have:

• Experience developing, deploying and supporting production code for high-volume, low latency Enterprise applications, with preference to SaaS or global ecommerce
• Proficient Java/ Kotlin, with deep knowledge of JVM, experienced in building highly performant distributed systems using microservices and message-driven architecture.
• Practical experience of relational and NoSQL databases. Familiarity with search and recommendation engines, and modern graph/vector databases is a big advantage. 
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes and cloud data / compute infrastructure in general
• Experience designing, building and operating microservices and associated APIs
• Strong understanding and commitment to software development best practices, including code quality standards, modularity/DDD, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

It would be great if you could also bring:

• Experience in building high-traffic B2B / B2C products, particularly SaaS and global marketplaces/ecommerce
• Experience working with large scale search and recommendation engines
• Experience with gradual rollouts

Our Tech Stack:

AWS, Java, Go, Kafka, Kubernetes, NextJS SSR, GRPC(incl. streaming), S3, various storages (both SQL/noSQL)

Let us take care of you:

Compensation
We recognize and reward hard work, skill, and ambition. Your compensation will be made up of base salary plus an equity-based incentive plan.

• Lunch: On days you work in the office a warm fresh lunch will be provided for you.
• 30 ‘focus days’ where you can work remotely and hybrid work options.
• 24 days of paid vacation per year + public holidays.
• Travel Allowance, if you live more than 10 KM from the office.
• Company pension plan.
• CF Library
• L&D for Tech Division
• Company events and overseas trips!
• New Joiner Swag Pack!