Senior Java Software Engineer
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About the Position
You will play a key role in building large-scale enterprise systems and digital platforms for financial institutions across Southeast Asia. As a Senior Java Software Engineer, you will own backend services, contribute to system design, and help shape engineering best practices. This role offers strong international exposure and the opportunity to mentor engineers while influencing technical direction.
Responsibilities
- Design/Support, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot.
- Lead the development of new services and major enhancements to existing systems.
- Define and evolve service design, APIs, and integration approaches.
- Ensure code quality through reviews, testing, performance tuning, and refactoring.
- Contribute to architecture discussions, balancing technical excellence and business needs.
- Collaborate with QA, DevOps, Analysts, Product Owners, and international teams.
- Support releases, deployments, and post-production analysis.
- Identify technical debt and drive continuous improvement initiatives.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and promote DevOps and CI/CD best practices.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in backend or enterprise software development.
- Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful/SOAP API design.
- Solid understanding of microservices, enterprise architecture, and design patterns.
- Hands-on experience with relational databases (Oracle preferred).
- Experience with messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
- Practical exposure to CI/CD pipelines, Git, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Strong ownership mindset, good English communication, and confidence working with international teams.
- Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable mentoring others.
We Offer
- 20+ years of engineering expertise delivering large-scale IT transformation and fintech solutions.
- Impact platforms used by 140M+ users across Europe and Asia.
- Join a 500+ global engineering community working across 8 time zones.
- Build and scale modern systems with 2700+ services running on Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures.
- Work in a truly international environment, collaborating with teams across Czech Republic and APAC.
- Hybrid and flexible working setup that supports work-life balance.
- Competitive compensation package including base salary, allowances, 13th-month salary, and performance bonuses.
- Premium healthcare insurance, 24/7 accident coverage, and annual health checkups.
- Extra perks including meal allowance, phone allowance, company laptop, and parking support.
About the Company
Our company is a dynamic fusion of innovation, skill, and vision, dedicated to transforming industries through technology. In this landscape, your unique talents and perspective are the keys to our collective success, contributing to groundbreaking solutions and strategies. Here, you're not just a part of the team; you're a vital contributor to a journey of continuous improvement and exceptional results. Join us, and let's shape the future together, where your growth is an integral part of our shared story.
Our Benefits
- 5 weeks of paid holiday per year plus up to 5 days of personal time off.
- EmbedIT pays 55% of what you spend on meals at any of our office locations.
- Flexible work hours with the option to work remotely by arrangement.
- Pension insurance allowance of CZK 2,000 per month.
- Access to private clinic health services.
- Recharge: one extra month of leave for every five years worked.
- Discount programs at O2, Air Bank, Makro, Home Credit, and other vendors.
- Budget and time allowance for hard and soft skills training, attending conferences, and earning certifications.
- Annual Christmas parties, team building events, IT breakfasts, HR breakfasts, wellness program, family days, and free fruit in the office several days of the week.
Our Hiring Process
Expect a concise hiring process focused on evaluating your fit through an application review, a skills interview, and a culture fit discussion. Our goal is to ensure clarity and feedback throughout.
Here’s what you can expect
- Application: Submit your application through our online portal, showcasing your skills, experiences, and enthusiasm for the position.
- Screening: Our recruitment team will review your application to assess your qualifications and alignment with the role.
- Interviews: Participate in multiple rounds of interviews with various team members and stakeholders.
- Assessments: For certain roles, we may conduct assessments or technical tests to evaluate your skills and suitability for the position.
- Offer: If you successfully complete the interview and assessment stages, we’ll extend a job offer to you.
- Onboarding: Once you accept our offer, we’ll guide you through our onboarding process, which includes orientation sessions, training, introductions to your team, and assigning you a “buddy” to help you settle in.
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We’re EmbedIT, a Czech “born and bred” IT company, which drives IT solutions for the Home Credit business, mainly in the Asian market, from 3 Czech cities (Prague, Brno and Ostrava) and with roughly 700 IT engineers. Founded in 1997, Home Credit is an international consumer finance provider operating in 9 markets. We focus on responsible lending primarily to people with little or no credit history. Our services are simple, easy-to-use, and fast. We offer our customers point-of-sale (POS) loans, cash loans and revolving loan products, through our online and physical distribution network. Customers typically start with our point-of-sale financing in stores. Reliable clients can then make use of a wider range of consumer credit products. Ultimately, we provide fully developed branch-based consumer lending.We are a business-driven company, dedicated to state of the art technologies.Check more on our website:www.embedit.com