Backend Software Engineer

Papaya Global is an established B2B tech unicorn in hypergrowth. We are on a mission to reimagine the payroll category with a game-changing, disruptive technology. 

Papaya Global is reinventing workforce management, global payroll, and payroll payments to remove the friction created by complexity and regulation. Our automated platform helps companies hire, onboard, manage, and pay people in more than 160 countries. 

We don't just cover the globe with our solution; we are global. We are comprised of people from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds. Diversity is our secret weapon. 

We're looking for a Backend Software Engineer to join our team in Krakow or remotely from anywhere in Poland. Success in this position requires experience and passion for building solutions using Java with the Spring ecosystem. 

We use Java to develop our backend and the latest AWS services for development and production environments. The team is responsible for workforce management solutions and integrations with other domains, such as payroll and payments. 

As part of the team, you will design new features with the Architecture and Product teams, planning and executing features critical to Papaya's business flow. You will use Java with Spring Boot, Micro-services, REST & GraphQL, messages queues, relational and no-SQL databases, and more on the backend. 

You will 

• Develop new features and services in Java/Spring Boot/AWS 
• Designing business workflows. 
• Improve the quality of our services and solutions 
• Extending and improving monitoring capabilities 
• Work in scrum 
• Work in a dynamic environment in the scale-up company 
• Work cross teams to develop e2e features (Product, Architecture, DevOps, other R&D teams) 

• 3+ years of experience in server-side development (we use Java 17-20)  
• Strong expertise in the field of microservices (Kubernetes)  
• Experience with web service frameworks (Spring)  
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (S3, SQS, SES)  
• Experience with agile development, including continuous integration, continuous deployment, and coding for automated testing  
• A team player with a passion for technology  
• You write clean code, unit tested (TDD/BDD), and value readability over cleverness  
• Good verbal and written communication skills 
• Fluent in both spoken and written English 
• Practical experience in an agile software development environment  
• Self-driven and result oriented; You'll jump on a task and drive it to completion 

• Experience with the Test First approach 
• Experience with messaging systems and caching middleware 
• Exposure to Domain Driven Design principles 
• Familiarity with other programming languages (Scala, Kotlin, TypeScript, JavaScript preferred) 
• Experience with infrastructure as code and building for cloud 
• Experience with the Test First approach 
• Experience with messaging systems and caching middleware 
• Exposure to Domain Driven Design principles 
• Familiarity with other programming languages (Scala, Kotlin, TypeScript, JavaScript preferred) 
• Experience with infrastructure as code and building for cloud