Senior Backend Engineer

Mindbox is a tech-driven company connecting top IT talents with technology projects for leading enterprises across Europe. The company focuses on building meaningful digital solutions, including next-generation payment processing systems.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of applied experience as an API engineer.
• Strong expertise in API design, architectural artefacts, and low-level designs.
• 5+ years of engineering experience in back-end microservices, application security, and middleware.
• Proficiency in Java, JVM tuning, and performance optimization; Go and Rust are a plus.
• Expertise in microservices, Spring Boot, Docker, Kubernetes, and service mesh.
• Experience with Kafka, cluster configuration, and data streaming.
• Knowledge of monitoring tools (Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus) and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with cloud environments, VPC, identity and access management, and Linux-based infrastructure.
• Strong SQL and distributed database knowledge.
• Experience in financial services or payment systems is an advantage.
• Excellent leadership, mentoring, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and thrive in a dynamic environment.

• Deliver engineering expertise for Future State Architecture, producing best-in-class payment processing capabilities.
• Develop high-quality code artefacts, ensuring quality gates and robust test scripts.
• Design, code, test, debug, and document programs as required.
• Provide architecture guidance to developers based on best practices and global standards.
• Lead and mentor team members, fostering technical excellence and innovation.
• Partner with DevOps teams to enable automated infrastructure delivery and CI/CD pipelines.
• Resolve architectural and development blockers, ensuring timely delivery.
• Conduct feasibility studies, cost/benefit analyses, and prepare technical specifications.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant controls and standards.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging tools, technologies, and cybersecurity regulations.