Senior Backend (Java/Scala) Engineer

N-iX is looking for a Senior Backend (Java/ Scala) Engineer  to join the team.

About the client:

Our customer is the European online car market with over 30 million monthly users, with a market presence in 18 countries. As a Senior BackEnd Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of online car markets and enhancing the user experience for millions of car buyers and sellers.

Responsibilities:

• Developing scalable backend services
• Designing complex database solutions
• Designing fast, scalable, and responsive APIs
• Experience with AWS
• Working in cross-functional teams
• Ready to take ownership and independently drive topics 

Requirements:

• At least 5+ years of hands-on coding experience
• Java Spring Boot or Scala knowledge 
• Experience with Object Oriented/Functional Programming
• Designing fast, scalable, and responsive APIs
• Experience developing cloud-native apps - AWS is preferable
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL (DDB) databases
• Experience with Kafka

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with Search databases - ElasticSearch
• Frontend experience - Javascript or Typescript 
• Devops Experience - DataDog, Opsgenie etc.

Soft skills: 

• Good communication skills (fluent English, at least Upper-Intermediate)
• Experience working in cross-functional teams
• Ready to take ownership
• Problem-solving skills