Software Development Engineer 2-Backend

Papaya Global is reinventing global payroll and workforce management. Our automated platform helps companies hire, onboard, manage, and pay people in more than 160 countries. We are looking for a talented Software development engineers to join our growing team. In this role, you will have a significant impact on the business by ensuring that your expertise translates into optimized cross-departmental activities. You will be building the core components that enable new services and connect existing ones. You will be working closely with architects and infrastructure developers to design and implement complex UI applications, integrate different APIs, and work with top-level UX specialists. We work closely with other R&D teams to develop integration strategies that fit their needs.

You will:

• Develop the tools and infrastructure that power Papaya’s backend infrastructure.
• Ensure high quality of backend code, including rigorous automated testing and code reviews
• Take an active role in code reviews & pull requests, get your own code reviewed by the team and become a better developer overall
• Keep up to date on the latest techniques in development and testing
• Learn new stuff and enrich other team members

• 5+ years of experience in Java
• Experience in developing web applications
• Experience in Agile development, including continuous integration, continuous deployment, and coding for automated testing.
• Experience in core database systems (SQL, NoSQL, Redis, etc).
• Experience in deploying and maintaining in an AWS environment.
• A passion for improving software quality through self-learning.
• Get things done mentality.
• To be a team player