Senior Back-End Engineer (Java)

Remote People • Ottawa, ON

12d • Remote

About The Position

We're seeking an experienced Senior Back-End Engineer who combines strong architectural judgment with a high-ownership mindset and a genuine drive to operate at the frontier of modern engineering practices. You'll join one of our cross-functional squads — working alongside a Product Manager, a Designer, Front-End, Back-End and QA Engineers — building the world's best Employer of Record platform. We are a remote-first team spread across Asia and Europe, so clear async communication and cross-timezone collaboration are part of how we work every day. You'll own meaningful pieces of the product end-to-end, from design to rollout, with the autonomy and responsibility to make technical decisions and the expectation to deliver value at speed without compromising quality. AI tooling is a first-class part of how we work: you'll leverage it to move faster, and you'll be the quality bar on everything that ships.

Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years in a Software Development role
• Strong architectural judgment and code quality ownership — the ability to design good systems, not just write good code
• Solid command of Java and Spring Boot
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience using AI coding assistants in a production engineering context — a practiced workflow, not just familiarity
• Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code for correctness, security, and maintainability
• Experience designing and implementing micro-services
• Knowledge of API design with REST, gRPC, GraphQL and API documentation with OpenAPI/Swagger
• Experience with various data store, streaming and caching solutions (SQL and NoSQL databases, Redis, MQ, Kafka, Elasticsearch)
• Ability to draw and document technical solutions prior to implementation
• Ability to communicate effectively in a remote environment — clear written communication, reliable async collaboration

Nice To Haves

• Experience decomposing complex tasks into agent-friendly subtasks, or building and configuring simple automation pipelines
• TDD by default — especially important in an AI-assisted workflow where tests are the primary safety net on generated code
• Experience working on a SaaS platform, or at least a custom-built product
• Proven knowledge of Online Payment, Payroll or Invoicing domains
• Some experience with Python
• Strong sense of security and application performance
• Strive to solve complex problems with simple, effective solutions
• Self-directed and self-improving: you manage your own time, define your own growth path, and hold yourself to a high bar without waiting to be told

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and document fast, secure and easy-to-use APIs consumed by both front-end and back-end applications
• Build effective integrations with other applications and third-party software
• Own the entire implementation cycle from design to rollout
• Leverage AI coding tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) as a core part of your development workflow to accelerate implementation
• Act as the quality gate on AI-assisted development: review, validate and refactor generated code to ensure it meets architecture, security and maintainability standards
• Design and orchestrate lightweight automation and agent workflows to eliminate repetitive engineering tasks (test generation, data migrations, boilerplate, monitoring scripts)
• Contribute to the squad's adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices and share learnings across the Back-End Chapter
• Contribute to requirements review and work closely with Product Manager to design and plan new features
• Participate in the Back-End Engineering Chapter and contribute to global architecture decisions

Benefits

• A competitive salary
• An asynchronous working environment
• A "Remote-First" company environment (or Hybrid)
• The ability to work from abroad for a short period of time
• Growth opportunities within the company
• We provide all new joiners with the necessary hardware to ensure you have the tools you need to succeed from day one

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed