We are looking for a Senior Back End Software Engineer, to join our amazing team and help our users maintaining and enhancing microservices, part of a critical mission system. As a Senior Back End Software Engineer, you will provide technical Back End guidance to a growing team, contribute to the technical strategy, and utilize your software development experience in developing solutions to meet business problems. You will be helping to grow and nurture technology and processes in the pursuit of excellence.

Daily Duties and Main Responsibilities will include:

• Engage in the complete application lifecycle
• Develop high-quality, reusable code
• Collaborate within an Agile team environment
• Work closely with front-end developers to integrate UI/mobile interfaces with business logic
• Suggest enhancements for code, processes, tools, and standards
• Mentor junior developers to enhance their skills and knowledge
• Provide technical guidance for current and future features

Attributes and Experience Required:

• Strong experience in OOP, Design Patterns, Clean Code, and SOLID principles
• Proven experience in building distributed systems using an event-driven approach
• Experience collaborating within an Agile team comprising software engineers, QA engineers, Product Managers, and UX/UI designers
• Proficient in Java and/or Kotlin, Spring Boot, MongoDB, Kafka
• In-depth knowledge of REST standards and best practices
• Expertise in application performance tuning and secure coding
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse range of roles, from juniors to seniors, and other stakeholders to devise solutions and communicate technical concepts

Soft skills needed

• Excellent teamwork and communication abilities
• Proficiency in English for communication
• Strong logical and analytical thinking, with attention to detail
• Self-motivated, capable of prioritizing and managing workload independently

Any of the following will be an advantage:

• Experience with AWS services such as ECS, MSK, S3, CloudWatch, etc.
• Familiarity with application monitoring tools like DataDog or Honeycomb.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Adherence to TDD principles.
• Background in Payroll, HR, or other financial domains

Package and Benefits:

• Competitive annual salary
• 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Earned Wage Access (via CloudPay Now app)
• Birthday leave
• Flexible remote working
• Life assurance
• Private medical insurance
• Personal and professional development opportunities
• Friendly working environment

CloudPay is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.