Senior Back End Engineer (Java/Kotlin)

Join Us to Shape the Digital World. We’re passionate about delivering cutting-edge technology to some of the world’s top startups and companies, powered by diverse and empowered teams of technologists eager to drive change.

As a female-led organization, we are committed to creating a safe, inclusive space where everyone, regardless of their background, is treated with respect and equity.

We value people with strong technical skills who are collaborative, curious, results-driven, and take ownership. We embrace people who want to be themselves, enjoy daily flexibility, and are eager to grow, learn, and make a difference wherever the opportunity arises.

If this resonates with you, we encourage you to apply for the role of Senior Back Engineers. We're seeking exceptional talent to work on immersive client projects that will challenge and hone your skills.

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced English language proficiency is required for the role.

Technical Skills (Must Haves)

• You are highly proficient in Kotlin/Java.
• You have a minimum of 4/5 years experience in designing scalable software systems, ideally a successful SaaS product.
• You are familiar with containers, microservice architecture, event-driven architectures, cloud computing, and RESTful APIs.
• You have deep knowledge of most of the popular technologies like Spring Boot, Hibernate, JUnit, AWS, Elastic Search, MySQL, Docker, or OpenAPI.
• You are a self-motivated and independent engineer and bring creativity and the ambition to strive in a constructive and multicultural team.

Soft Skills

• You have experience with agile methodologies and automated testing.
• You are a great team player with a positive and solution-oriented mindset.
• You are fluent in English, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.

Benefits

• Payment in USD or your local currency.
• A truly flexible work schedule.
• An excellent non-working pay days policy.
• Performance Bonus.
• Learning Budget.
• An opportunity for you to help create change in the industry.
• And more!

Athenaworks is an inclusive safe organization that only considers your technical ability, work experience, ability to collaborate, capacity to grow to the next level of your career, and ability to deliver great work. This means that we also embrace/welcome self-taught people as well! We will NEVER consider any other personal or professional aspects of your life. We hope you choose to have a conversation with us today and find out what makes us different from any company you have experienced.