About the Position

The team of UKEESS Software House is currently looking for a Middle Java Engineer to join our team for a full-time position (remotely in Ukraine or Lviv’s office).

About the Client’s Project and the Team

Our customer is the world’s largest DNA network from the USA. With more than 60 billion digitized historical records, 100 million family trees, and 18 million people in a growing DNA database, our customers help people discover their family stories and gain actionable insights about their health and wellness.

Our team focuses on building a unified, two separate visualization tools into a single, high-performance interactive platform. The goal is to enable scientists with tools to support analysis and visualization.

General tech stack of the project: Java 17 / SpringBoot / MySQL / Redis / AWS (Lambdas, EKS, ElastiCache Valkey, ECR, Secrets Manager, S3, CloudWatch) / Terraform.

Responsibilities

Help architect, design, and develop complex, large-scale systems that process billions of historical records every day
Identify opportunities to adopt innovative technologies
Create architectures and diagrams that describe them
Work on and guide microservice REST API design
Write key algorithms to maximize scalability and reliability
Write code and unit tests
Conduct code reviews
Work with various AWS services and create new services using Terraform, configure communication between the services and applications
Diagnose complex problems involving multiple systems and technologies
Be an example of engineering excellence

Requirements

3+ years of commercial experience with Java and Spring Boot
Micro-service expertise
Recent and proficient experience with building large-scale web services
Experience with AWS (Lambdas, EKS, S3, etc.)
Commercial experience and strong knowledge of relational databases
Strong knowledge and experience with Docker, Terraform
Experience with CI/CD
Proficient with Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration
Experienced in working in Agile development environments
A strong collaborator who thrives in team-oriented settings
English: Upper-intermediate level (both spoken and written)

Nice to Have Skills

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering
Hands-on experience in using any coding agent
Practical experience applying AI/ML concepts in production systems or applications

We Offer

Full-time position in a highly professional team
Competitive compensation (based on market data, but also depending on the technical level of the candidate)
Flexible work schedule
Individual approach to professional growth
Free English classes (online)
3 health packages to choose from
Annual paid vacation and state holiday celebration
Foreign business trips (after the war)

Our office in Lviv has generators and stable communication in case of “no electricity”. Also, you will have the:

Modern, comfortable office facilities (a barbecue zone, kitchens, lounge rooms, coffee machines, etc.)
On-site parking lot and charge station for Electric Cars
Sports activities: ping-pong, soccer, workout

Contact Us

Send us your CV and let’s get to know each other! 😉

Recruiter

Anastasiia Smeiko

+38(068)344-22-00

[email protected]

Location

Lviv, Remote, Ukraine

Technology

AWS
Java
MySQL
Spring Boot
Terraform

Middle Java Engineer

Tech Stack

Job Description, Responsibilities & Requirements